Verse
D# G# A# D#
The storms are on the ocean, on and on they go
D# G# A# D#
Searching through the waters, there you might be low
D# G# A# D#
And I am so downhearted, never too be well
D# G# A# D#
And I am disappointed, the words will never tell
[Chorus]
D# G# D# Gm
The storms are on the ocean, the heavens may cease to be
Gm G# F11/A# A#
This world may lose its motion if I prove false to thee
[Verse]
D# G# A# D#
The last time that I saw you, you shook my hand goodbye
D# G# A# D#
You said it wasn't forever, that would be a lie
D# G# A# D#
But death is such an old friend, he holds you in his hand
D# G# A# D#
And I am so long waiting to meet you in that land
[Chorus]
D# G# D# Gm
The storms are on the ocean, the heavens may cease to be
Gm G# F11/A# A#
This world may lose its motion if I prove false to thee