C
Paper cup of the boat
C                            F
Heaving chest of the sea
Ab                
Carry both of us
F               C
Carry her, carry me

C
From the place we were born
C                               F
To the land of the free
Ab                
Carry both of us
F                 C
Carry her, carry me

F             Ab    F
The       o---cea   n
F                         G
That bears us from our home
            C   G
Could save  u   s
   G                 F
Or take us for it's own

The danger
                        G       
That life should lead us here
        C      G
My      an    gel
                        C
Could I have steered us clear?

C                                Ab   
Gone, the light from her eyes
C
With the lives that we made
Ab                      
Just the two of us
F        Eb           C
In the night on the waves

C                       Ab         
Moving silent her lips
C
By the moon's only light
Ab           
Sowing silver prayers
F            Eb       C
In the blanket of night

F               Ab  F
The         o   cea n
                          G
That bears us from our home
           C   G
Could save u   s
                      F
Or take us for it's own
                Ab       F
The       dan   ger
                         G
That life should lead us here
           C    G
My      an ge   l
                         C
Could I have steered us clear?

C
Paper cup of the boat
C                            F
Heaving chest of the sea
Ab                
Carry both of us
F                        C
Or, swallow her, swallow me