Tonart: C major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I found an old letter caught under a stone
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By the sea in the lee of the cliffs all alone
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Am
Its pages were tattered
Em
from where it had flown
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To land from the hand of a sailor unknown
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There by the coast of Sierra Leone
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Dear friend, mid -wrench,
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I have missed you, you know
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When you walked and you
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talked with me so long ago
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Am
I shoved you aside as I
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rushed to and fro
Friend, my old friend,
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never let go
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Through swirls and long hauls
While I sail the sea
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Am
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I need your watchful eye at the prowl
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I know that you know
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I'm kneeling here now
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My ship hugs the rocks up here,
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girls, my back door
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Lashing and smashing and waging its war
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Am
My crewmen, the lifeboat,
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please see them ashore
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even one person more
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Here by Sierra Leone's
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rocky floor
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Forgive my neglect, old friend, it was my loss
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I wait for my fate
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as the ship starts to toss
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Am
Em
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I feel the cold wa ters, I see the dark moss
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Will I sail through this gale
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or to heaven on a cross?
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Friend, my old friend,
Dm
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Em
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you looked out for me
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Through swirls and long hauls,
Am
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will I sail the sea?
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I'll take the wheel if
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you'll ride the bow
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You'll know that I know
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you're standing here now
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As I stood on the rocks of Sierra Leone
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I see the blue sea of Sierra Leone
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Close by the spot where
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the letter I'd blown
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And thought for naught
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of the sailor unknown
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There by the coast of
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Sierra Leone
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carved into the stone
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By the sea, the blue sea of Sierra Leone
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Thank you, old friend,
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just those words alone
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Carved there like a prayer
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Here on the coast of Sierra Leone
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Here by the hand of a sailor unknown.
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