Verse
B E F# B
The storms are on the ocean, on and on they go
B E F# B
Searching through the waters, there you might be low
B E F# B
And I am so downhearted, never too be well
B E F# B
And I am disappointed, the words will never tell
[Chorus]
B E B D#m
The storms are on the ocean, the heavens may cease to be
D#m E C#11/F# F#
This world may lose its motion if I prove false to thee
[Verse]
B E F# B
The last time that I saw you, you shook my hand goodbye
B E F# B
You said it wasn't forever, that would be a lie
B E F# B
But death is such an old friend, he holds you in his hand
B E F# B
And I am so long waiting to meet you in that land
[Chorus]
B E B D#m
The storms are on the ocean, the heavens may cease to be
D#m E C#11/F# F#
This world may lose its motion if I prove false to thee