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