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Wave Over Wave

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The other tabs I found didnt sound quite right. Maybe they were, but I was playing 
Use a capo on the 2nd fret
Strum  DU-D-U
Intro: |   Em   A|  X2
Oh me nDame's Abel RoGgers, a shDare-man am DI,
on a thGree-masted schDooner from TwEmillingate IAsle
I've bGeen the world oDver, north sGouth east and Dwest,
but the mGiddle of noDwhere's where EmI likes it Abest
Chorus:
                     G      D          G     D(He plays  G   D   D  D)
Where it's wave over wave, sea over bow
I'm as hGappy a mDan as the Emsea will aAllow
there's Gno other lDife for a saGilor like Dme,
but to Gsail the salt sDea, boys, to Emsail the sAea
there's Gno other life but to sAail the salt Dsea
 D   D   G    AX2
Well, I leave my wife lonely ten months of the year
for she built me a home and raised my children dear
She’d never come out to bid farewell to me
or ken why a sailor must sail the salt sea
Chorus
Ah, The work it is hard and the hours are long,
but my spirit is willing, my back it is strong,
and when the work's over the whiskey will pour
We'll dance with the girls upon some foreign shore
 Em   Em   A   AX4
I've sailed the world over,four decades or more
and oft times I wonder what I do it for
I don't know the answer it's pleasure and pain
but with life to live over I'd do it again
Chorus X2

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Wave Over Wave

by Great Big Sea

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

The other tabs I found didnt sound quite right. Maybe they were, but I was playing

Use a capo on the 2nd fret

D D

Strum U--U

Em A

Intro: | | X2

D G D D

Oh me name's Abel Rogers, a share-man am I,

G D Em A

on a three-masted schooner from Twillingate Isle

G D G D

I've been the world over, north south east and west,

G D Em A

but the middle of nowhere's where I likes it best

Chorus:

G D G D G D D D

(He plays )

Where it's wave over wave, sea over bow

G D Em A

I'm as happy a man as the sea will allow

G D G D

there's no other life for a sailor like me,

G D Em A

but to sail the salt sea, boys, to sail the sea

G A D

there's no other life but to sail the salt sea

D D G A

Well, I leave my wife lonely ten months of the year

for she built me a home and raised my children dear

She’d never come out to bid farewell to me

or ken why a sailor must sail the salt sea

Chorus

Ah, The work it is hard and the hours are long,

but my spirit is willing, my back it is strong,

and when the work's over the whiskey will pour

We'll dance with the girls upon some foreign shore

Em Em A A

I've sailed the world over,four decades or more

and oft times I wonder what I do it for

I don't know the answer it's pleasure and pain

but with life to live over I'd do it again

Chorus X2

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