Intro: 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
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
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
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___