Intro
C5 G Dm G
VERSE 1
C G Dm Am C G
Lay down - - Your sweet and weary head - - - Night is falling
Dm Am C G
You have come to journey's end - - - Sleep now
Dm Am C G Dm Am
Dream of the ones who came before - - They are calling - From across the distant shore
C/G G Am
Why do you weep - What are these tears upon your face
C/G F G Am C/G
Soon you will see - - -All of your fears will pass away - Safe in my arms
F G
You're only sleeping
CHORUS:
C F C G
What can you see - - - On the horizon - - - Why do the white gulls call
C F C G
Across the sea - - - a pale moon rises - The ships have come to carry you home
Am Em Dm G Am C/G
And all will turn - - - to silver glass - - - a light on the water
F G
All souls pass
VERSE 2
C G Dm Am C
Hope fades - - - into the world of night - - - Through shadows falling
Dm Am C G Dm Am
Out of memory and time - - - don't say - We have come now to the end
C G Dm Am C/G
White shores are calling - - - - you and I will meet again- and you'll be her in my arms
F G
Just sleeping
CHORUS
C F C G
What can you see - - - On the horizon - - - Why do the white gulls call
C F C G
Across the sea - - - a pale moon rises - The ships have come to carry you home
Am Em Dm G Am C/G
And all will turn - - - to silver glass - - - a light on the water
F G C
Grey ships pass into the west
OUTRO
C G C5 F C G C