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