Ab       Eb           Bb          Ab
   Forty years in the palm of the ocean
Eb                            Bb            Ab   Eb
   You didn't win, you didn't win, I've got anchors
                  Bb        Ab
Said the child in my heart, repeating
       Eb         Bb
On the day that I died
Ab        Eb           Bb           Ab
   To the west, to the west, I need anchors
       Eb           Bb           Ab
To the west, to the west, I need strong hands
   Eb         Bb       Ab
To pull me up over the mountains
         Eb          Bb
Before I love you again.
Ab           Eb            Bb          Ab
   Cause the sound was the boat slowly breaking
Eb                      Bb          Ab  Eb
   And the weight was a mountain of old pain
                                Bb
Like I could have walked on the sea
              Ab      Eb
If you'd just noticed me
           Bb  Ab
Hanging around

[Chorus]
Ab        Eb           Bb
   But we danced, hey,    hey
Ab
   Hey
         Eb              Bb
Yeah, we danced, hey-hey
Ab
   Hey
      Eb           Bb
To be whole, to be whole
      Ab         Eb Bb  Ab
To be holy, holy holy

[instrumental]
Eb Bb Ab x2

[Verse 2]
           Eb     Bb            Ab
There were bright days, we were dreaming
           Eb    Bb          Ab  Eb
There were black days in the red room of your anger
    Bb      Ab            Eb         Bb
The roses retreating, and blooming again
Ab         Eb          Bb           Ab
   But the song was my heart slowly breaking
        Eb           Bb          Ab  Eb
And the weight was a mountain of old pain
                              Bb
Like I could've walked on the sea
         Ab           Eb                Bb
If you'd just noticed me waiting in the rain

[Chorus]
Ab        Eb           Bb
   But we danced, hey,    hey
Ab
   Hey
         Eb              Bb
Yeah, we danced, hey-hey
Ab
   Hey
      Eb           Bb
To be whole, to be whole
      Ab    Eb     Bb Ab
To be holy, holy holy

[instrumental]
Eb Bb Ab x2

[Verse 3]
           Eb          Bb          Ab
Well, it's you or it's me, so it's over
           Eb          Bb           Ab       Eb
Well, it's you or it's me, I've got bills to pay
                      Bb        Ab
Said my heart to your memory in anger
       Eb          Bb
When I boarded the plane
Ab        Eb           Bb           Ab
   To the west, to the west, I need anchors
       Eb          Bb        Ab   Eb
To the west, gonna find me a gold mine
             Bb         Ab
So sing us a song of redemption
    Eb                 Bb                 Ab
I'm doing alright, I'm doing alright, I'm doing alright
Eb                        Bb                 Ab
   I'm doing alright, I'm doing alright, I'm doing alright
Eb      Bb  Ab
   Hey,        Hey
Eb         Bb
   Hey-hey
Ab
   Hey
Eb Bb Ab x3
(improv vocals)
Eb