Verso 1: 
        C                         F         C 
Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss 
                Am          F         G 
It's better my darling, I promise you this 
     Ebm/C          F                        Dm 
The next time I hold you, I'm not letting go 
         C                    F         Am      G/B 
Will you wait for me darling, I need to know 

Verso 2: 
           C                   F         C 
Well, you know I'm a sailor, tomorrow we sail 
                   Am           F        G 
It's a hard way of living, but I know it well 
    Ebm/C        F                    Dm 
And if I surrender my life to the sea 
        C                   F            Am 
You can marry another, it's alright with me 

Pré-Refrão: 
          F                    G            Am 
Though we won't be together again 'til the spring 
       F                        G 
Just imagine the treasures I'll bring 


[Refrão]

      C                           F          C 
Come lay with me, stay with me, soon I'll be gone 
              Am         F          G 
But I will remember you all winter long 
    Ebm/C        F                     Dm 
And when I return to the one that I miss 
        C                       F           Am 
Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss 
    F           C 
The sweeter the kiss 

Intervalo: F  C  Am  F  G  Ebm/C  F  Dm  C  F  Am 

Pré-Refrão: 
           F                         G          Am 
When the mornings are warm and the valleys are green 
          F                       G 
I'll come back from wherever I've been 

Verso 3: 
          C                      F          C 
Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss 
                Am         F          G 
It's better my darling, I promise you this 
    Ebm/C            F                        Dm 
But next time I hold you, I'm not letting go 
         C                   F       Am 
We will give up the ocean forever, I know 
   F      C 
Forever I know. 

Intervalo: F  C  Am  F  G  Ebm/C  F  Dm  C  F  Am F C 

          C                      F          C 
Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss 
                Am         F          G 
It's better my darling, I promise you this 
    Ebm/C            F                        Dm 
But next time I hold you, I'm not letting go 
         C                   F       Am 
We will give up the ocean forever, I know 
   F      C 
Forever I know.