G   C   D   G
G   C   D   G

[Verse]
                             C
Young boy on the waterfront
                         D
Looking out at the sea
D
Ships in the distance
G
Where he longs to be

[Verse]
G
Throw a stone in the water
          C                  D
Watch the ripples disappear
D
Ride the waves to Africa
         G
With the wind in your hair
    C                  D
The wind in your hair
    G
The wind in your hair

[Verse]
G
There's a map up on a space in the wall
       C
And he stares at it through the night
   D
He dreams across continents
G
Following the light

[Verse]
G
Onward to the west he roves
C                      D
Searching out the sun
D
When he comes full circle
   G
He swings around again
   C                     D
He swings around again
   G
He swings around again

[Instrumental]
G   C   D   G
G   C   D   G

[Verse]
G
And the father sees a young boy
    C
Who wears a man's disguise
   D
He knows that far-off freedom look
     G
That flashes in his eyes

[Verse]
G
For he wore that look in younger days
     C
When he was still a son
       D
And he knows that he will never see
         G
When the boy becomes the man
    C                     D
The boy becomes the man
    G
The boy becomes the man

[Verse]
G
And the road goes ever onward
    C                      D
So, take it while you can
D
When you've done with travelling
     G
Come home again my son
C                   D
Home again my son
G
Home again my son