C
Well you cant stop the ocean
         F             C
And you cant stop the wind
        C
Theyre here then theyre gone
           G           C
They don’t come back again
 C
One will keep you rollin
         F         C
One will blow you away
         C                        G          C
Left me standin all alone next to Galveston bay
 
[Verse 2]
         C
Well a ramlblin gal
 F               C
Since you were young
    C
One big ball of yarn
         G             C
That was too tightly spun
     C
When you came unraveled
         F                  C
Girl you really got strung out
           C
And if you ever wind back up
             G           C
Well that’s something I doubt

[Chorus]
    F        C         G         C
Oh Galveston Bay looks pretty at night
           F              C          G
The water dancing in the drilling rig lights
    F               C          G             Am
And Ill stand here next to the wind and the waves
 F               C              G         C
Right where you left me next to Galveston bay

[Verse 3]
          C
Well the soldiers are marching
F          C
Off to the war
   C
We aint won it yet
           G            C
But we’ll come back for more
     C                           F      C
And as I watch the battle ships sailin away
     C
From right where you left me
         G        C
Next to Galveston bay

[Verse 4]
          C
Well the clock just keeps a-tickin
     F          C
Time goes by so fast
        C
As the barges keep steamin
         G         C
Down the San Louis pass
 C
Under the black smoke
    F             C
The engines they roar
        C
And i’m right where you left me
      G           C
Right next to the shore
 
[Chorus]
    F        C         G         C
Oh Galveston Bay looks pretty at night
           F              C          G
The water dancing in the drilling rig lights
    F               C          G             Am
And Ill stand here next to the wind and the waves
 F               C              G         C
Right where you left me next to Galveston bay
 
[Instrumental]
F C G C
F C G
F C G Am
F C G C

[Verse 5]
          C
Where the good times went
      F          C
Man I aint got a clue
         C
You took my red heart
               G       C
And turned it lavender blue
        C
Say you aint goin nowhere
F                C
Thinkin bout the past
C
I say the good times
        G               C
Are the ones that don’t last

[Verse 6]
         C
Well the ocean breathes salty
        F             C
And the wind it blows hard
  C
I hope that youre happy
   G         C
Wherever you are
C
If you ever decide
F            C
Head back my way
       C
Ill be right where you left me
         G        C
Next to Galveston bay
 
[Chorus]
    F        C         G         C
Oh Galveston Bay looks pretty at night
           F              C          G
The water dancing in the drilling rig lights
    F               C          G             Am
And Ill stand here next to the wind and the waves
 F               C              G         C
Right where you left me next to Galveston bay
 F               C              G         C
Right where you left me next to Galveston bay
   F               C               G                    F    C G C F C G C
Ya right where you left me next to Galveston, Galveston bay