Tom: G
INTRO: Em D (4x)
G C Am D
I awoke in the dust of an autumn morning
G C D
Faces oil-lit and kneeling 'round the family chairs
G C Am D
I never knew that a heart could take such filling
G C D
Spaces everywhere, everywhere
CHORUS:
G C
And the ship comes 'round
Am D
And she's waiting at the harbour
G C
Be prepared to get on board
D
Be prepared
G C
I never knew that the light of ages
Am D
Breaks away before us
Em D G
Sail away, sail away
C Am D
All the front doors opened and the men came walking
G C D
Suits and shoes, heads of silver and grey
G C Am D
It's one short road from a darkened cradle
G C D
To the endless light of day
C D Em
She walked like a bride down the aisle of her childhood
Bm C D
The shops, the schoolyard, the church on the hill
G C Am D
Where she trembled on the day she was touched and broken
G C D
Ah, Marie was born again
CHORUS:
G C
And the ship comes 'round
Am D
And she's waiting at the harbour
G C
Be prepared to get on board
D
Ah, be prepared
G C
I never knew that the light of ages
Am D
Breaks away before us
Em D G
Sail away, sail away
INSTRUMENTAL: Em D (4x)
G C Am D
All ears to the trawler band in the evenings
G C D
Forty grands and the spirits run wild
G C Am D
The storms, the drownings, the tables, the drinking
G C D
The sea had claimed their lives
C D Em
There's peat smoke rising from the village chimneys
Bm C D
You take your chances with the red haired girl
G C Am D
All the boats take their rest in the heart of the harbour
G C D
That night in a changing world
CHORUS:
G C
And the ship comes 'round
Am D
And she's waiting at the harbour
G C
Be prepared to get on board
D
Be prepared
G C
I never knew that the light of ages
Am D
Breaks away before us
Em D G
Sail away, sail away
