Gm A# Cm F Gm
Dialing in a forgotten voice, Coming in like waves rolling off the coast
A# Cm F Gm
Sweeping through illegal ports, Rising from the depths, falling off the tongue
A# Cm F Gm
Ships drifting out of tune, Coming in like waves rolling off the coast
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Many, many more, sculpting the shoreline, Etching the harbor and the people
F Gm
stayed afloat
Gm Cm F Gm
Coming in like waves rolling off the coast
Gm A# Cm F Gm
Dialing in a forgotten voice, Rising from the depths, falling off the tongue
Gm A# Cm F Gm
Sweeping through illegal ports, Coming in like waves rolling off the coast
Gm A# Cm F Gm
Ships drifting out of tune, Can't stop the waves coming like a ghost
Gm F Gm F
Is that your shape, in the foam of the sea
Gm F Gm F
After all these years, coming home to me?
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La Chascona, hearts to ocean
A# A# F F
Lying in the bath fully clothed
Cm Gm A# Cm
Ready for the ocean's wake,
F Gm A# Cm F Gm A# Cm F
The tears won't wash away, her eyes can't erase
Gm A# F F
Gm A# F F Gm A# F F Gm A# F F
Not safe to say, in her native tongue
Gm A# F F
G radio voice drowning out
Gm A# F F
The general's song lingering on
Gm A# F F
G raft made of books from a driftwood house
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Returns to the waves