Tom: C
C
F
C
Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss
Am
F
G
It's better my darling, I promise you this
Ebm/C
F
Dm
The next time I hold you, I'm not letting go
C
F
Am
G/B
Will you wait for me darling, I need to know
C
F
C
Well, you know I'm a sailor, tomorrow we sail
Am
F
G
It's a hard way of living, but I know it well
Ebm/C
F
Dm
And if I surrender my life to the sea
C
F
Am
You can marry another, it's alright with me
F
G
Am
Though we won't be together again 'til the spring
F
G
Just imagine the treasures I'll bring
C
F
C
Come lay with me, stay with me, soon I'll be gone
Am
F
G
But I will remember you all winter long
Ebm/C
F
Dm
And when I return to the one that I miss
C
F
Am
Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss
F
C
The sweeter the kiss
F
C
Am
F
G
Ebm/C
)
F
Dm
C
F
Am
)
F
G
Am
When the mornings are warm and the valleys are green
F
G
I'll come back from wherever I've been
C
F
C
Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss
Am
F
G
It's better my darling, I promise you this
Ebm/C
F
Dm
But next time I hold you, I'm not letting go
C
F
Am
We will give up the ocean forever, I know
F
C
Forever I know
F
C
Am
F
G
Ebm/C
)
F
Dm
C
F
Am
F
C
)
C
F
C
Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss
Am
F
G
It's better my darling, I promise you this
Ebm/C
F
Dm
But next time I hold you, I'm not letting go
C
F
Am
We will give up the ocean forever, I know
F
C
Forever I know