Intro
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Verse
F
When the cold nights of winter weigh heavy on my mind
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I walk down to the river to ease my worried mind
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I can see the reflection of the moon on every ice floe in the bay
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And I know that you’ll soon be on your way
Verse
F
And when the pines stand tall and silent, beneath the starry sky
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The letter that you wrote me, I read a thousand times
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I can see the reflection of your face on every ice floe in the bay
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And I know that you’ll soon be on your way
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Come back home to the ones that love you true
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Come back home to the ones that miss you so
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Seems like you were gone forever
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But for you I’ll wait forever and a day
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And I know that you’ll soon be on your way
Instrumental
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Verse
F
When the first rays of sunshine, come melt the night away
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On the day you return, I will walk down to the bay
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And I’ll wait by the water, ‘til the ship pulls in that took you far away
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Oh, mother dear, I miss you more each day
Verse
F
And my brother and my father, I know they miss you, too
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The waiting would be easy, if only we could know
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Have you reached your destination in some far off shore, wherever it may lay?
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And I know that you’ll soon be on your way
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Come back home to the ones that love you true
F Gm Eb
Come back home to the ones that miss you so
Bb
Seems like you were gone forever
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But for you I’ll wait forever and a day
Eb F Bb
And I know that you’ll soon be on your way
Instrumental
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Bb
Seems like you've been gone forever
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But for you I’ll wait forever and a day
Eb F Bb
And I know that you’ll soon be on your way