Cifras
Sierra Leone

     C                              G                                 C                 G  
I found an old letter caught under a stone
                  C                         G                         F                              G  
By the sea in the lee of the cliffs, all alone
          C                         Am                              Em                            F  
Its pages were tattered from where it had blown
        Dm                              C                      G                      C  
To land from the hand of a sailor, unknown
F                              C                         G              C  
There by the coast of Sierra Leone
verse 2
                                                G                                 C                                      G  
"Dear Friend", it read, "I have missed you, you know
                        C                                    G                                    F                    G  
When you walked and you talked with me so long ago
     C                            Am                    Em                              F  
I shoved you aside as I rushed to and fro
Dm                                 C                            G                      C      F    C    G    C    Am  
Friend, my old friend, who never let go"
Em                                 F                                                                    C  
Friend, my old friend, who looked out for me
                                                                  F                                                                 G  
Through squalls and long hauls, while I sailed the sea
     Am                    G                    C                         F  
I need your watchful eye at the prow
                                C                                 Am                              C  
I know that you know, I?m kneeling here now
             C  
verse 3
        C                                 G                                    C                                    G  
My ship hugs the rocks, and the gale?s my back door
C                            G                              F                         G  
Lashing and smashing and waging its war
        C                              Am                                      Em                    F  
My crew man the lifeboat, please see them ashore
          Dm                                 C                      G                         C  
All told, it won?t hold even one person more
F                      C              G                            C  
Here by Sierra Leone?s rocky floor
verse 4
                                     G                      C                                            G  
Forgive my neglect, old friend, it was my loss
     C                            G                            F                                    G  
I wait for my fate as the ship starts to toss
     C                                 Am                    Em                            F  
I feel the cold waters, I see the dark moss
                  Dm                                         C                         G                            C              F    C    G    C    Am  
Will I sail through this gale or to heaven on a cross?
Chorus
Em                                 F                                                                    C  
Friend, my old friend, who looked out for me
                                                                  F                                                                 G  
Through squalls and long hauls, while I sailed the sea
Am                              G                    C                                      F  
I?ll take the wheel if you?ll ride the bow
                                     C                                    Am                              C  
You know that I know, you?re standing here now
Interlude
C  
Verse 5
             C                              G                         C              G  
As I stood on the rocks of Sierra Leone
                  C                                 G                    F              G  
By the sea, the blue sea of Sierra Leone
C                              Am                                 Em                      F  
Close by the spot where the letter had blown
          Dm                         C                                 G                      C  
And thought for naught of the sailor, unknown
F                              C                         G              C  
There by the coast of Sierra Leone
Verse 6
                                        G                                    C                    G  
Then I saw old letters carved into the stone
                  C                                 G                    F              G  
By the sea, the blue sea of Sierra Leone
  C                                    Am                              Em                              F  
'Thank you, old Friend', just those words, alone
                  Dm                            C                            G                      C  
Carved there like a prayer by a sailor, unknown
F                            C                         G              C  
Here on the coast of Sierra Leone
F                            C                      G                      C  
Here by the hand of a sailor, unknown