Db Fm
The Sailor’s Wife, alone one night
Cm
In slumber as she bathes
F# Bbm Ab Fm
She dreams of ships her sailor’s lips
C
Against the ocean waves
Bbm B Fm
The sailor’s wife was pale and white
Cm
Beauty near divine
Bbm Fm G
‘Oh how the sea has stolen thee’
C
She drinks, she waits, she cries
Db Ab Fm Db Gb Fm
Db Gb Fm C F
Bbm Fm
Life is but a dream
[Verse 2]
Db Ab Fm
The sailor knows that waves will grow
Db Ab Fm
When all is not content
Bbm Fm
The sky grows dark, a lightning spark
C
A message must be sent
Db Ab Fm
He shouts down to the sorry crew
Db Fm
‘The sky’s no longer blue
Bbm Fm
A storm is come to claim someone
F C
So pray it is not you’
Db Ab Fm Db Gb Fm
Db Gb Fm C F
Bbm Fm
Life is but a dream
[Verse 3]
Db Fm
The sailor’s wife had bare a life
Db Fm
Before she slipped and fell
Bbm Ab
Her back was broke, and as she soaks
Fm C
She cannot cry for help
Db Ab
The sailor clings to ropes and things
Db Ab
He won’t survive for long
Bbm Ab
Then crashing down upon his crown
Cm F C
A final, parting song
[Verse 4]
NC
Both of them sinking as death pulls the plug
Dbm F Bbm
One in the ocean and one in the tub
Fm
The water’s running
Bbm Fm
The storm is coming
F# Fm F C
The sailor is drowning, drowning
Db Fm Db Ab
Db Fm Bbm Fm
Bbm Fm Bm
Life is but a dream
