Tom: D
D
[Verse 1]
D
He built his first boat at age thirteen
A G
with planks and timbers from crooked trees
D
He learned how the work was done
A
Passed down from father to son
D
He built forty boats over the years
A G
Many battens fastened from keel to shear
D
And once she was on the tide
A D
It fillesd his heart with pride.
[Chorus]
G A D
And the waves roll on
A D
Breaking the ties that bind
G D A D
And we wont forget though the sun must set on the last of a kind
[Interlude]
G D A D
Na na na na na na na na
[Verse 2]
D
With chisel and saw and red nails
A G
He handed down history in each detail
D
Hard work to lessen strife
A
wethered hands and measured life
D
And once the houses were resettled and the fish were caught
A G
The boats were pulled up and left to rot
D
And a younger generation would move away
A D
For the coming of a modern age
[Chorus]
G A D
And the waves roll on
A D
Breaking the ties that bind
G D A D
And we wont forget though the sun must set on the last of a kind
[Interlude]
G A G D A D
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
[Verse 3]
D
Now in the harbors and the bays
A G
A way of life has seen its day
D
With new skills found and traditions lost
A
In time we'll know the cost
D
And curving wood into ribs and frames
A G
Is a past time for a winners day
D
A fading story from another time
A D
In every shape and line
[Chorus]
G A D
And the waves roll on
A D
Breaking the ties that bind
G D A D
And we wont forget though the sun must set on the last of a kind
G A D
And the waves roll on
A D
Breaking the ties that bind
G D A D
And we wont forget though the sun must set on the last of a kind
[Outro]
G A G D A D
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
G A G D A D
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
