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