A Seaman's Girl by The Louvin Brothers
LP: Weapon of War
Released January 1, 1962, Capitol Records Nashville.
Compoased by Ira and Charlie Louvin
Standard Tuning
Key: E


[Intro]
   


[Verse 1]
             
She stands all

            
 alone on the 


seashore
            
As the waves p

              
lain near her 


feet
             
Looking over t

           
he distant hor

izon
             
At a ship in t

          
his silent ret

reat


[Verse 2]
             
As a sad moon 

           
shines down up

on her
             
She whispers a

     
 fond farewell
            
To the man she

       
 loves aboard 

the ship
            
For she's a se

       
aman's girl

[Instrumental]
     


[Verse 3]
             
A seaman's gir

             
l lives a life

         
 that is lonel

y
             
While her man 

             
is gone out to

 
 sea
            
The smile that

              
 she wears as 

             
she's seeing h

   
im on
            
Seems to hide 

            
her fuse and m

    
isery


[Verse 4]
            
And a love tha

              
t she bears fo

      
r her seafarin

g man
            
Will live on f

       
or evermore
            
Though the lif

             
e he loved liv

          
es on the sea
             
And hers lives

       
 on the shore


[Verse 5]
            
True is the lo

           
ve that is bur

ning
             
In the heart o

           
f a seaman's g

irl
            
It's the waiti

              
ng again but s

   
he never compl

ain
             
She wouldn't t

             
rade him for a

           
ll of this wor

ld


[Verse 6]
             
Her tears she 

             
hides from her

 
 seaman
             
Though they ma

            
y never kiss n

omore
             
While he meets

             
 with the dang

             
ers of a deep 

        
rolling sea
           
A seaman's gir

             
l must wait on

     
 the shore