Verse
F A# C F
The storms are on the ocean, on and on they go
F A# C F
Searching through the waters, there you might be low
F A# C F
And I am so downhearted, never too be well
F A# C F
And I am disappointed, the words will never tell
[Chorus]
F A# F Am
The storms are on the ocean, the heavens may cease to be
Am A# G11/C C
This world may lose its motion if I prove false to thee
[Verse]
F A# C F
The last time that I saw you, you shook my hand goodbye
F A# C F
You said it wasn't forever, that would be a lie
F A# C F
But death is such an old friend, he holds you in his hand
F A# C F
And I am so long waiting to meet you in that land
[Chorus]
F A# F Am
The storms are on the ocean, the heavens may cease to be
Am A# G11/C C
This world may lose its motion if I prove false to thee