From: * (-pouliot c.j.)

Hi Everyone - from time to time this song has shown up on the net in one
        form or another. I had to re-learn it for a band and thought I'd
        share my interpretation. Good luck!
                                                - Charlie


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        Intro:

         C#m7    B  A    C#m7    B  A      Bsus4  B
        E--9-\7------------9-\7---------------12-----11----|
        B--9-\7--9---------9-\7--9-------------------------|
        G--------9--9------------9--9------/13----/11------|
        D-----------11--------------11---------------------|
        A--------------------------------------------------|
        E--------------------------------------------------|

        | Amaj7 E/Ab | F#m Bsus4 B |

                 E   Abm   F#m     C#m
        Theres a port on a western bay
               F#m   A          D/F#    A
        And it serves a hundred ships a day
               E      Abm       F#m  Abm  C#m
        Lonely sailors pass the time a    way
            F#m   A          E
        And talk about their homes

        Theres a girl in this harbor town
        And she works laying whiskey down
        She serves them whisky and wine
        The sailors say...

                C#m7    B        A
                B      C#m7          B     A
                What a good wife you would be < such a fine girl >
                Bsus4                  B
                Your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea

        Amaj7 E/Ab F#m Bsus4 B

        Made of finest silver from the north of spain
        He came on a summers day - bearing gifts - from far away
        But he made it clear he couldnt stay
        The harbor was his home

        - Chorus -

                C#m7           B
                      A               B
                As he told his sailor stories
                          C#m7           B
                She could feel the ocean fall and rise
                    A              B
                She saw its raging glory
                    C#m7          D
                But he had always told the truth
                        C#m7          A
                Lord he was an honest man
                    Bsus4          B

        At night when the bars close down
        And loves a man who's not around
        She still can hear him say
        She hears him say...

        Chord Shapes:

                C#m7 B  A Bsus4 Amaj7 E/Ab E F#m Abm D
        E       -4---2--0---2----4-----4---0--2---4--5-|
        B       -5---4--2---5----5-----5---0--2---4--7-|
        G       -4---4--2---4----6-----4---1--2---4--7-|
        D       -6---4--2---4----7-----6---2--4---6--7-|
        A       -4---2--0---2----------7---2--4---6--5-|
        E       ---------------------------0--2---4----|