Eric Bogle – Safe In The Harbour chords

INTRO:  G,  C,  G,  C,   F,  C,  G,  C,   C


         C            Em          F            CHave you stood by the ocean, on a diamond-hard morning

    G            Dm        C            GAnd felt the hor-izon stir deep in your soul

            C         Em            F                CWatched the wake of a steamer as it cut through blue water

         Em           Dm        G              C     (*)And been gripped by a fever you just can't con-trol

      C             Em           F            COh to throw off the shackles and fly with the seagulls

   Em                Dm              C           G     (*)To where green waves tumble before a driving sea wind

      C          Em           F             COr to lie on the decking on a warm summer's evening

          Em           Dm          C         G       CWatch the red sun fall burning, be-neath the earth's rim


CHORUS:

    C        Em            F            GBut to every sailor, comes time to drop anchor

C           Em         F              GHaul in the sails, and make the lines fast

    C          G             F          GYou deep water dreamer, your journey is over

       C           G          F     *You're safe in the harbour at last

       C           G          F     *You're safe in the harbour at last


NOTES:
- Commemorates Stan Roger's tragic death in 1983

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SAFE IN THE HARBOUR (page 2)


C            Em           F             CSome men are sailors, but most are just dreamers
     G           Dm           C              GHeld fast by the anchors they forge in their minds
            C                   Em         F         CWho in ther hearts know they'll never sail over deep water
   Em           Dm                 G                C      (*)To search for a treasure they're a-fraid they won't find
   C            Em             F              CSo in sheltered harbours, they cling to their anchors
Em              Dm          C               G      (*)Bank down their boilers and shut down their steam
    C            Em            F                CAnd wait for the sailors to re-turn with bright treasures
          Em           Dm         C       G     CThat will fan the dull embers and fire up their dreams

CHORUS:

    C        Em            F            GBut to every sailor, comes time to drop anchor
C           Em         F              GHaul in the sails, and make the lines fast
    C          G             F          GYou deep water dreamer, your journey is over
       C           G          F     *You're safe in the harbour at last
       C           G          F     *You're safe in the harbour at last


    C            Em           F            CAnd some men are schemers who laugh at the dreamers
         G             Dm          C          GTake the gold from the sailors and turn it to dross
        C        Em              F           CThey're men in a prison, they're men without vision
      Em       Dm      G          C     (*)Whose only hor-izon is profit and loss
        C                 Em        F               CSo when storm clouds come sailing a-cross your blue ocean
     Em           Dm           C                G      (*)Hold fast to your dreaming for all that your're worth
       C               Em                   F         CFor as long as there's dreamers, there will always be sailors
         Em                Dm                 C       G  CBringing back their bright treasures from the corners of earth