E|----0-----0--0----|
B|----1-----0--1----|
G|----0-----0--0----|
D|----2-----2--2----|
A|----3-----3--3----|
E|----x-----x--x----|

Intro: G, D, C, C/B, C

Verse 1:
             G
She’s reading in the bedroom
    D
The dog is in the yard
     C            D       B           Em
And I just got back from traveling hard
         C                        D
I’ve been ten days gone, I’ve been ten days gone ‘cross

Chorus
     G     C    Em
The sea...
        G          C              Em        (D)
With my girl in a house in the trees
  C
I love her, she knows
            D

But sometimes, my love goes ‘cross the sea


Verse 2:
     G
Paulette is in the garden
         D
It’s the first day of the fall
    C            D           B            Em
And lately I’m not gettin’ no sleep at all
           C                       D
She says, “Stay till you’re strong, soon you’ll be gone ‘cross


Chorus
    G     C    Em
The sea...
        G          C              Em        (D)
With my girl in a house in the trees
  C
I love her, she knows
            D
But sometimes, my love goes ‘cross

Bridge
    Em   C   G        D
the sea...        yeah         (x3)
    G    F    C
The sea...


Verse 3:
  G
I went to meet the boat man
        D

He was smokin’ on his pipe
      C              D       B           Em
Said “Son, you look ready to travel tonight”

                 C                   D
I think he’s right, soon I’ll be gone ‘cross


Chorus
    G     C     Em
The sea...
        G          C              Em     (D)
With my girl in a house in the trees
  C
I love her, she knows
          D
But sometimes my love goes ‘cross
    G     C     Em
The sea...
          G               C          Em      (D)
Cause she knows in the oceans I’m free
   C                         D
It makes her so sad, but she never gets mad when I leave