Safe In The Harbour

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 stood by the ocean, on a diamond-hard morning

And felt the hor-izon stir deep in your soul

Watched the wake of a steamer as it cut through blue water

Em Dm G C (*)

And been gripped by a fever you just can't con-trol

Oh to throw off the shackles and fly with the seagulls

Em Dm C G (*)

To where green waves tumble before a driving sea wind

Or to lie on the decking on a warm summer's evening

Watch the red sun fall burning, be-neath the earth's rim

But to every sailor, comes time to drop anchor

Haul in the sails, and make the lines fast

You deep water dreamer, your journey is over

C G F *

You're safe in the harbour at last

C G F *

You're safe in the harbour at last

NOTES:

- Commemorates Stan Roger's tragic death in 1983

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SAFE IN THE HARBOUR (page 2)

Some men are sailors, but most are just dreamers

Held fast by the anchors they forge in their minds

Who in ther hearts know they'll never sail over deep water

Em Dm G C (*)

To search for a treasure they're a-fraid they won't find

So in sheltered harbours, they cling to their anchors

Em Dm C G (*)

Bank down their boilers and shut down their steam

And wait for the sailors to re-turn with bright treasures

That will fan the dull embers and fire up their dreams

But to every sailor, comes time to drop anchor

Haul in the sails, and make the lines fast

You deep water dreamer, your journey is over

C G F *

You're safe in the harbour at last

C G F *

You're safe in the harbour at last

And some men are schemers who laugh at the dreamers

Take the gold from the sailors and turn it to dross

They're men in a prison, they're men without vision

Em Dm G C (*)

Whose only hor-izon is profit and loss

So when storm clouds come sailing a-cross your blue ocean

Em Dm C G (*)

Hold fast to your dreaming for all that your're worth

For as long as there's dreamers, there will always be sailors

Bringing back their bright treasures from the corners of earth

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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