[Intro: ]Em  D  C  Em  D  Em 

                      D6           B7 
He was named nineteenhundred 'td' 
                     Em        C  D  Em 
In the ship`s belly lies his cradle 
                D       C        G 
Had no birthday and no land of home 
    D              Em 
The ocean has no bounds 
            B7   D6  G 
Virginian sounds 

                   D               G 
And he faced the world from inside 
                    D           C 
The ball-room of splendid skies 
             D         C 
And on the grand piano 
                    D          G 
His hands light as butterflies 
                   D                    G 
He played for the rich and for the poor 
               D            C 
Thrilling the hearts of all 
                      D                  C 
The world could have been beneath his feet 
                B7 
Searching the call 
                   Em 
The voice of the sea 

                D6           B7 
Old chandelier tells a story 
                Em     C   D   Em 
Old piano still echoes in here 
               D     C        G 
Old ship lies rusted in the port 
         D                Em 
And the best years fade away 
                    B7  D6  G 
The splendour has gone 

              D                  G 
Not what he saw could hold him back 
                D         C 
It was what he didn`t see 
             D                C 
There was no end in this town 
          D       G 
Keys so eternally 
              D          G 
But this was god`s piano 
                 D            C 
He heard on the gangway there 
              D           C 
He couldn`t leave forever 
                  B7 
The sea to somewhere 

G 
Bow and stern 
Em                  C 
All the wishes between 
  D         G 
(wishes to yearn) 
     Em                   Bm 
The world outside is a dream 
    D           B7         Em 
(a lone dream, lone dream) 
               C                   G 
And when the whole world`s leaving 
               D           Em 
The music will always stay 
           C               G 
And if a story`s worth to tell 
                 B7 
The end will be far away 
     Em    D         C      D       E    C 
The final notes lie mute upon the sand 

                 Bm 
When land is a ship too big 
   Em   D        C    Bm 
A woman out of reach 
               Em 
A journey too far 
    D          G 
A whiff too strong 
            F#         B 
He didn`t exist for anyone 

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G 
Bow and stern 
Em                  C 
All the wishes between 
  D         G 
(wishes to yearn) 
     Em                   Bm 
The world outside is a dream 
    D           B7         Em 
(a lone dream, lone dream) 
               C                   G 
And when the whole world`s leaving 
               D           Em 
The music will always stay 
           C               G 
And if a story`s worth to tell 
                 B7 
The end will be far away 
     Em    D         C      D       E    C 
The final notes lie mute upon the sand 

Em           D       C 
And in this lonesome end 
       Em        B7        Em 
Final notes lie mute upon sand..