Eric Bogle - Safe in the harbour
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SAFE IN THE HARBOUR Time: 3/4 Tenor: C Bass: Bb
- Eric Bogle, 1984, Record: Where The Wind Blows
- Record: Margaret Cristl: Looking Towards Home
- Source: Eric Bogle songbook, page 42 (C) , Rise Up Singing, page 205 (C)
INTRO: G, C, G, C, F, C, G, C, C
Have you Cstood by the Emocean, on a Fdiamond-hard Cmorning
And Gfelt the hor-Dmizon stir Cdeep in your Gsoul
Watched the Cwake of a Emsteamer as it Fcut through blue Cwater
Em Dm G C (*)
And been gripped by a fever you just can't con-trol
Oh to Cthrow off the Emshackles and Ffly with the Cseagulls
Em Dm C G (*)
To where green waves tumble before a driving sea wind
Or to Clie on the Emdecking on a Fwarm summer's Cevening
Watch the Emred sun fall Dmburning, be-Cneath the Gearth's Crim
CHORUS:
But Cto every Emsailor, comes Ftime to drop Ganchor
CHaul in the Emsails, and Fmake the lines Gfast
You Cdeep water Gdreamer, your Fjourney is Gover
You're Csafe in the Gharbour at Flast
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You're Csafe in the Gharbour at Flast
NOTES:
- Commemorates Stan Roger's tragic death in 1983
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SAFE IN THE HARBOUR (page 2)
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CSome men are Emsailors, but Fmost are just Cdreamers
Held Gfast by the Dmanchors they Cforge in their Gminds
Who in ther Chearts know they'll Emnever sail Fover deep Cwater
Em Dm G C (*)
To search for a treasure they're a-fraid they won't find
So Cin sheltered Emharbours, they Fcling to their Canchors
Em Dm C G (*)
Bank down their boilers and shut down their steam
And Cwait for the Emsailors to re-Fturn with bright Ctreasures
That will Emfan the dull Dmembers and Cfire up Gtheir Cdreams
CHORUS:
But Cto every Emsailor, comes Ftime to drop Ganchor
CHaul in the Emsails, and Fmake the lines Gfast
You Cdeep water Gdreamer, your Fjourney is Gover
You're Csafe in the Gharbour at Flast
*
You're Csafe in the Gharbour at Flast*
And Csome men are Emschemers who Flaugh at the Cdreamers
Take the Ggold from the Dmsailors and Cturn it to Gdross
They're Cmen in a Emprison, they're Fmen without Cvision
Em Dm G C (*)
Whose only hor-izon is profit and loss
So when Cstorm clouds come Emsailing a-Fcross your blue Cocean
Em Dm C G (*)
Hold fast to your dreaming for all that your're worth
For as Clong as there's Emdreamers, there will Falways be Csailors
Bringing Emback their bright Dmtreasures from the Ccorners Gof Cearth
ENDING: CHORUS, FOLLOWED BY A "C" CHORD
NOTES:
- "*" in the chord line represents a new bar, play same chord
- "." in the lyric line represents a 1/8 note rest
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