Tom: G
G
He said part of me
C G
Has been lost at sea
Am D
Never to return again
G
With her eyes wide open
C G
She was softly spoken
Am D
She said: "babe, are you missing the breeze again?"
G
You look so fine, sailor
C G
Your shoes still shine
Am D
After years of a house that don't sway
G
But she could see in his eyes
C G
that ship's flag still flies
Am D
And his home was a ocean away
[chorus]
G
He sang, freedom was mine
C G
For one last time
Am D
When I was sailing along those waves
G
But now my plate don't slide
C G
And my rum's now wine
Am D G
And I will never be the same
G
I don't hear birds no more
C G
But there's swallows on my hands
Am D
I earnt a star that wasn't plucked from above
G
I have memories of friends
C G
Who left this earth as young men
Am D G
Yet my hairs as white as my hat once, was
G
He sang, freedom was mine
C G
For one last time
Am D
When I was sailing along those waves
G
But now my plate don't slide
C G
And my rum's now wine
Am D G
And I will never be the same
G
I hear a blast in the background
C G
Feel the wind whip my face
Am D
Towing a sister ship that didn't make it home
G
Colours, fade away from me
C Am
As I awake, my wife said
Am D G
"I'm sleeping next to my own"
G
He sang, freedom was mine
C G
For one last time
Am D
When I was sailing along those waves
G
But now my plate don't slide
C G
And my rum's now wine
Am D G
And I will never be the same
