Db                 Fm
The Sailor’s Wife, alone one night
                        Cm
In slumber as she bathes
    F#        Bbm         Ab     Fm
She dreams of ships her sailor’s lips
C
Against the ocean waves

    Bbm               B        Fm
The sailor’s wife was pale and white
            Cm
Beauty near divine
    Bbm             Fm     G
‘Oh how the sea has stolen thee’
C
She drinks, she waits, she cries

Db Ab Fm Db Gb Fm
Db Gb Fm C F

Bbm     Fm
Life is but a dream


[Verse 2]
    Db                Ab         Fm
The sailor knows that waves will grow
     Db         Ab      Fm
When all is not content
Bbm                   Fm
The sky grows dark, a lightning spark
          C
A message must be sent
   Db                 Ab    Fm
He shouts down to the sorry crew
     Db               Fm
‘The sky’s no longer blue
  Bbm               Fm
A storm is come to claim someone
           F      C
So pray it is not you’

Db Ab Fm Db Gb Fm
Db Gb Fm C F

Bbm           Fm
Life is but a dream

[Verse 3]
    Db                Fm
The sailor’s wife had bare a life
Db                     Fm
Before she slipped and fell
    Bbm                  Ab
Her back was broke, and as she soaks
    Fm     C
She cannot cry for help

    Db               Ab
The sailor clings to ropes and things
   Db             Ab
He won’t survive for long
     Bbm           Ab
Then crashing down upon his crown
  Cm     F       C
A final, parting song


[Verse 4]
NC
Both of them sinking as death pulls the plug
Dbm                  F          Bbm
One in the ocean and one in the tub
            Fm
The water’s running
Bbm          Fm
The storm is coming
    F#        Fm        F       C
The sailor is drowning, drowning

Db Fm Db Ab
Db Fm Bbm Fm

Bbm     Fm        Bm
Life is but a dream