My friend the sea

C - Em - Am - C - F - G - C

C Em Am C

1. Oh, you great ocean so deep, oh, you ocean so wide,

Am C G7 G

I feel you are my friend, so in you I confide.

G7 G G7 G

You know the world, every land, every shore,

G7 G C

there’s not a place you don’t explore.

C Em Am C

2. Send every wave as it rolls on its way,

Am C G7 G

searchin’ high, searchin’ low, searchin’ each little bay.

G7 G G7 G

Send out a plea to the whole of seven seas,

G7 G C

where is the one I adore?

C G

My friend the sea, be true to me,

G7 C

my love one day sailed far away.

C G

My friend the sea, please, ask the tide,

G7 C

to bring my love home to my side.

(orig. moves up half a note to capo 5th here)

C Em Am C

3. Oh you great ocean so deep, oh, you ocean so wide,

Am C G7 G

there are hearts you unite, there are hearts you divide.

G7 G G7 G

You know the world, every river, mountain, stream,

G7 G C

look everywhere you’ve ever been.

C Em Am C

4. Ask all the fish as they swim out to sea,

Am C G7 G

would they pass on the word as a favour to me.

G7 G G7 G

Maybe they look out some little brook,

G7 G C

and find the one I adore.

C G

My friend the sea, be true to me,

G7 C

my love one day sailed far away.

C G

My friend the sea, please, ask the tide,

G7 C - F - G - C

to bring my love home to my side.

(orig. = capo 4th) (Petula Clark)