Safe In The Harbour

Eric Bogle

  • C
  • Dm
  • Em
  • F
  • G
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Key:
INTRO: G, C, G, C, F, C, G, C, C
C Em F C Have you stood by the ocean, on a diamond-hard morning
G Dm C G And felt the hor-izon stir deep in your soul
C Em F C Watched the wake of a steamer as it cut through blue water
Em Dm G C (*) And been gripped by a fever you just can't con-trol
C Em F C Oh to throw off the shackles and fly with the seagulls
Em Dm C G (*) To where green waves tumble before a driving sea wind
C Em F C Or to lie on the decking on a warm summer's evening
Em Dm C G C Watch the red sun fall burning, be-neath the earth's rim CHORUS:
C Em F G But to every sailor, comes time to drop anchor
C Em F G Haul in the sails, and make the lines fast
C G F G You deep water dreamer, your journey is over
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C G F * You're safe in the harbour at last
C G F * You're safe in the harbour at last NOTES: - Commemorates Stan Roger's tragic death in 1983 GO TO PAGE 2 SAFE IN THE HARBOUR (page 2)
C Em F C Some men are sailors, but most are just dreamers
G Dm C G Held fast by the anchors they forge in their minds
C Em F C Who in ther hearts know they'll never sail over deep water
Em Dm G C (*) To search for a treasure they're a-fraid they won't find
C Em F C So in sheltered harbours, they cling to their anchors
Em Dm C G (*) Bank down their boilers and shut down their steam
C Em F C And wait for the sailors to re-turn with bright treasures
Em Dm C G C That will fan the dull embers and fire up their dreams CHORUS:
C Em F G But to every sailor, comes time to drop anchor
C Em F G Haul in the sails, and make the lines fast
C G F G You deep water dreamer, your journey is over
C G F * You're safe in the harbour at last
C G F * You're safe in the harbour at last
C Em F C And some men are schemers who laugh at the dreamers
G Dm C G Take the gold from the sailors and turn it to dross
C Em F C They're men in a prison, they're men without vision
Em Dm G C (*) Whose only hor-izon is profit and loss
C Em F C So when storm clouds come sailing a-cross your blue ocean
Em Dm C G (*) Hold fast to your dreaming for all that your're worth
C Em F C For as long as there's dreamers, there will always be sailors
Em Dm C G C Bringing back their bright treasures from the corners of earth ENDING: CHORUS, FOLLOWED BY A "C" CHORD NOTES: - "*" in the chord line represents a new bar, play same chord - "." in the lyric line represents a 1/8 note rest
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