Bones In The Ocean - The Longest Johns

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Tuning: C, E A D G B E

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[Verse 1]
             
Oh, I bid fare

             
well to the po

           
rt and the lan

d
             
And I paddle a

              
way from Brave

 
 England's whi

te sands
             
To search for 

             
my long-ago fo

        
rgotten friend

s
             
To search for 

              
the place I he

             
ar all sailors

 
 end


[Chorus 1]
             
As the souls o

              
f the dead fil

              
l the space of

    
 my mind
             
I'll search wi

              
thout sleeping

      
 'til peace I 

can find
             
I fear not the

            
 weather, I fe

ar not the sea
             
I remember the

              
 fallen... do 


they think of 

me?
             
When their bon

              
es in the ocea

             
n, forever wil

  
l be


[Verse 2]
             
Plot a course 

              
to the night, 

             
to a place I o

    
nce knew
             
To a place whe

              
re my hope die

   
d along with m

y crew
             
So I swallow m

              
y grief and fa

             
ce life's fina

  
l test
             
T' find promis

              
e of peace and

             
 the solace of

 
 rest


[Chorus 2]
             
As the souls o

              
f the dead fil

              
l the space of

    
 my ears
             
Their laughter

              
 like children

        
, their beckon

ing cheers
             
My heart longs

              
 to join them,

      
 sing songs of

 the sea
             
I remember the

              
 fallen... do 


they think of 

me?
             
When their bon

              
es in the ocea

             
n, forever wil

  
l be


[Verse 3]
             
When at last, 

              
before my ghos

             
tly shipmates 

  
I stand
             
I shed a small

             
 tear for my h

ome upon land
             
Though their e

              
yes speak of d

              
eaths filled w

             
ith struggle a

   
nd strife
             
Their smiles b

              
elow say I don

             
't owe them my

 
 life


[Chorus 3]
             
As the souls o

              
f the dead fil

              
l the space of

    
 my eyes
             
And my boat li

              
sted over and 


tried to capsi

ze
             
I'm this far f

              
rom drowning, 

     
this far from 

the sea
             
I remember the

              
 living... do 


they think of 

me?
             
When my bones 

              
in the ocean, 

            
forever will b

e


[Bridge]
             
Now that I'm s

              
taring down at

             
 the darkest a


byss
             
I'm not sure w

              
hat I want, bu

    
t I don't thin

k it's this
             
As my comrades

              
 call to stand

             
 fast and forg

  
e on...
             
I make sail fo

              
r the dawn unt

             
il the darknes

      
s has gone


[Chorus 4]
             
As the souls o

              
f the dead liv

              
e fore'er in m

  
y mind
             
As I live all 

              
the years that

      
 they left me 

behind
             
I'll stay on t

              
he shore but s

     
till gaze at t

he sea
             
I remember the

            
 fallen and th

ey think of me
             
For our souls 

              
in the ocean, 

             
together will 


be


[Ending]
             
I remember the

            
 fallen and th

ey think of me

...
             
For our souls 

              
in the ocean, 

             
together will 


be

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