F   C F     C

[Verse 1]
   G7             C
My love is as the rose
   F        G       C                    G7
As wild and free as I should wish to be
                     C
Close guarded by the thorns
     F          G        C 
That shield her from the hands that seek to touch


[Chorus]
    G7                  C       F
The hourglass sand that runs so free
   G                   C                       G7
Is rock that failed to halt the waves of time
                C       F    G
My haven is the harbour bar, sheltering from the storm
         C                 F             C
'Til the sun comes shining through, again___


[Verse 2]
   G7              C
My love a primrose fair
  F      G        C                     G7
A gentle hedgerow flower in the spring
                   C
If gathered in the dawn
     F       G        C 
Come evening she will surely fade and die


[Chorus]
    G7                  C       F
The hourglass sand that runs so free
   G                   C                       G7
Is rock that failed to halt the waves of time
                C       F    G
My haven is the harbour bar, sheltering from the storm
         C                 F             C
'Til the sun comes shining through, again___


[Verse 3]
   G7           C
My love is as a pearl
  F        G          C                G7
A heart of stone that I can never own
                      C
More precious that my life
     F       G         C 
Thus meaning more than I can ever give


[Chorus]
    G7                  C       F
The hourglass sand that runs so free
   G                   C                       G7
Is rock that failed to halt the waves of time
                C       F    G
My haven is the harbour bar, sheltering from the storm
         C                 F             C
'Til the sun comes shining through, again___