INTRO: Em  D  (4x)

   G           C                 Am  D
I awoke in the dust of an autumn morning
      G                   C                  D
Faces oil-lit and kneeling 'round the family chairs
        G           C                     Am  D
I never knew that a heart could take such filling
G                 C     D
Spaces everywhere, everywhere


CHORUS:
        G           C
And the ship comes 'round
          Am             D
And she's waiting at the harbour
      G               C
Be prepared to get on board
      D
Be prepared
        G             C
I never knew that the light of ages
Am            D
Breaks away before us
      Em  D      G
Sail away, sail away


                           C                Am  D
All the front doors opened and the men came walking
          G               C          D
Suits and shoes, heads of silver and grey
               G           C        Am D
It's one short road from a darkened cradle
       G                C    D
To the endless light of day
     

                  C              D            Em
She walked like a bride down the aisle of her childhood
               Bm              C             D
The shops, the schoolyard, the church on the hill
                          G           C           Am D
Where she trembled on the day she was touched and broken
      G                  C   D
Ah, Marie was born again


CHORUS:
        G           C
And the ship comes 'round
          Am             D
And she's waiting at the harbour
      G               C
Be prepared to get on board
          D
Ah, be prepared
        G             C
I never knew that the light of ages
Am            D
Breaks away before us
      Em  D      G
Sail away, sail away


INSTRUMENTAL: Em  D   (4x)


                G       C    Am     D
All ears to the trawler band in the evenings
      G              C           D
Forty grands and the spirits run wild
                G              C           Am   D
The storms, the drownings, the tables, the drinking
    G                           C   D
The sea had claimed their lives


                   C     D                 Em
There's peat smoke rising from the village chimneys
              Bm      C                   D
You take your chances with the red haired girl
                         G           C    Am      D
All the boats take their rest in the heart of the harbour
     G                   C      D
That night in a changing world


CHORUS:
        G           C
And the ship comes 'round
          Am             D
And she's waiting at the harbour
      G               C
Be prepared to get on board
      D
Be prepared
        G             C
I never knew that the light of ages
Am            D
Breaks away before us
      Em  D      G
Sail away, sail away