The Waves Would Roll On

Intro: G C G C 


           G 
Far out to sea 
C                   G       G 
Where the winds blow strong 
                 Bm 
Past all that is known 
         C                   C 
Past the point of no return 


C           Em 
If I should vanish 
C         G      C 
If I wash gone 
                  C 
The waves would roll on 
C                   Em 
The waves would roll on 

 
              G      C 
Nothing to guide me 
            G       G 
No star in the sky 
         Bm 
No seabirds behind 
     C               C 
To wheel to and cry 

 
            Em     C 
If I should vanish 
    G         C 
If I was gone 
C 
The waves would roll on 
C                  Em 
The waves would roll on 

 
     D      C 
Roll on as deep 
    Bm      C 
As deep can be 
     D     C 
Roll on as far 
  Bm     C 
As I can see 


              G       C 
Nothing to guide me 
        G           G 
No star in the sky 
           Bm 
No seabird behind 
    C                C 
To wheel and to cry 

 
           Em       C 
If I should vanish 
               G      C 
If my story was done 
                   C 
The waves would roll on 
                   Em 
The waves would roll on 

Outro: 
                  C 
The waves would roll on 
                  Em 
The waves would roll on 
                  C 
The waves would roll on 

Outro: G C G C G