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E

A

A/g#

Jamaica was the lovely one I played her well

F#m7

B7

E

Bsus4

As we lay in the tall grass where the shadows fell

E

A

A/g#

Hiding from the children so they would not tell

F#m7

B

We would stay there until her sister rang the evening bell

E

E7

A

Jamaica say you will help me find

E

E7

A

A way to fill these empty hours

E

E/d#

C#m

E/b

B

A

A/g#

A/f#

E

B7sus4

Say you will come again tomorrow

E

A

A/g#

The daughter of a captain on the rolling seas

F#m7

B7

E

Bsus4

She would stare across the water from the tree

E

A

A/g#

Last time he was home he held her on his knees

F#m7

B

And said the next time they would sail away just where they please

E

E7

A

Jamaica say you will help me find

E

E7

A

A way to fill these lifeless sails

E

E/d#

C#m

E/b

B

A

A/g#

A/f#

E

Stay until my ships can find the sea |

A

A/g#

A/f#

E

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E

| |

E7

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A

A/g#

A/f#

E

| |

A

A/g#

A/f#

E

| |

E

| |

B

|

E

A

A/g#

Jamaica was a sweet young one I loved her true

F#m7

B7

E

Bsus4

She was a comfort and a mercy through and through

E

A

A/g#

Hiding from this world together next thing I knew

F#m7

B

They had brought her things down to the bay, what could I do

E

E7

A

E

E7

A

Jamaica say you will help me find a way to fill these lifeless sails and then we'll

E

E/d#

C#m

E/b

B

A

A/g#

A/f#

E

Sail until our waters have run dry | . . | . . | . . . |

Am

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Am

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Am

C/g

F

Though Adam was a friend of mine, I did not know him well

C

/b

Am

G

F

He was alone into his distance, he was deep into his well

C

/b

Am

G

F

I could guess what he was laughing at, but I couldn't really tell

Am

G

Am

G

F

Am

Now the story's told that Adam jumped, but I'm thinking that he fell Together we went travelling, as we received the call His destination India, and I had none at all Well I still remember laughing, with our backs against the wall So free of fear we never thought, that one of us might fall

G

F

C

I sit before my only candle

F

C

But it's so little light to find my way

F

Am

Now this story unfolds before my candle

C

G

Which is shorter every hour as it reaches for the day

Am

G

Well I feel just like a candle in a way

F

C

G

F

C

F

C

G

(

Am

) I guess I'll get there but I wouldn't say... for sure When we parted we were laughing still, as our goodbyes were said And I never heard from him again, as each our lives we led Except for once in someone else's letter that I read Until I heard the sudden word, that a friend of mine was dead I sit before my only candle Like a pilgrim sits beside the way Now this journey appears before my candle As a song that's growing fainter, the harder I play That I fear before I end I'll fade away But I guess I'll get there, though I wouldn't say for sure Though Adam was a friend of mine, I did not know him long And when I stood myself beside him, I never thought I was as strong Still it seemed he stopped his singing in the middle of his song Well I'm not the one to say I know but I'm hoping he was wrong I'm holding out my only candle, though it's so little light to find my way Now this story's been laid beneath my candle And it's shorter every hour as it reaches for the day Yes I feel just like a candle in a way I hope I'll get there but I'll never pray

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A/e 077600

E

Doctor, my eyes have seen the years

G#m

C#m

And the slow parade of fears without crying

A

E

Now I want to understand I have done all that I could, to see the evil and the good Without hiding. You must help me if you can

C#m

E

Doctor, my eyes, tell me what is wrong

C#m

B

A

E

D/e

A/e

E

Was I unwise to leave them open for so long

E

'Cause I have wandered through this world

G#m

C#m

And as each moment has unfurled, I've been waiting

A

E

To awaken from these dreams People go just where there will, I never noticed them until I got this feeling, that it's later than it seems

C#m

E

Doctor, my eyes, tell me what you see

C#m

B

D/e

A

I hear their cries, just say if it's too late for me

C#m

E

Doctor, my eyes cannot see the sky

C#m

B

A

E

D/e

A/e

E

Is this the prize for having learned how not to cry

G

Em

C

G

Oh people, look around you the signs are everywhere

C

G

F

C

D

Em

You've left it for somebody other than you to be the one to care

G

Em

C

A

A7

You're lost inside your houses there's no time to find you now

G

D

While your walls are burning and your towers are turning

Em

C

G

D

I'm going to leave you here and try to get down to the sea somehow The road is filled with homeless souls every woman, child and man Who have no idea where they will go but they'll help you if they can Now everyone must have some thought that's going to pull them through somehow While the fires are raging hotter and hotter But the sisters of the sun are going to rock me on the water now

D

C

Rock me on the water

C

G

D

C

Sister will you soothe my fevered brow

G

D

Em

Rock me on the water

A

I'll get down to the sea somehow

C

G

(I'll get down to the sea somehow)

G

Em

C

A

Asus4

G

D

Em

C

Oh people, look among you it's there your hope must lie There's a sea bird above you gliding in one place like Jesus in the sky We all must do the best we can and then hang on to that gospel plow When my life is over, and I stand before the father But the sisters of the sun are going to rock me on the water now

G

D

C

Rock me on the water

C

G

D

C

Sister will you soothe my fevered brow

G

D

Em

Rock me on the water

A

Maybe I'll remember

C

G

Maybe I'll remember now

G

D

C

Rock me on the water

G

D

C

The wind is with me now

G

D

C

So rock me on the water

A

I'll get down to the sea somehow

C

I'll get down to the sea somehow

G

D

C

G

Rock me on the water

D

C

Rock me now

G

D

C

G

Rock me on the water

D

C

Rock me now