[Verse 1]
D E A
While I was away at sea
D E7 Amaj7
With boilers, cargo and gin
D E A
My wife still lived alone
D E7 Amaj7
In a cottage by the lake
D E A
Each night I kissed her face
D E7 Amaj7
In the photograph
D E A
But I dreamed of a happy day
D E7 F#7
When I'd be moving back
[Chorus 1]
A G6
Can we sleep alone?
Fmaj7
We can't sleep alone
A G6
One horse overboard
Fmaj7
We do what we want
[Verse 2]
D E A
When she was just six years old
D E7 Amaj7
Her daddy found her a horse
D E A
First she was a stable girl
D E7 Amaj7
Then a teacher of youth
[Bridge]
B7 A6 G6
Came the day
B7 A6 G6 A
I came home
E F#
We moved into the city
E F#7
Both of us over sixteen
[Chorus 1]
A G6
Can we sleep alone?
Fmaj7
We can't sleep alone
A G6
One horse overboard
Fmaj7
We do what we want
[Verse 3]
D E A
It struck me about this time
D E7 Amaj7
That I just didn't care, so I said
D E A
"Get me to another land,
D E7 Amaj7
I don't want my wife"
[Instrumental]
[Chorus 2]
A G6
Can we sleep alone
Fmaj7
My wife is a horse
A G6
Poor old sailor boy
Fmaj7 A
Beached for evermore
G6 Fmaj7
For evermore
A G6
For evermore
Fmaj7
For evermore
A G6 Fmaj7
For evermore
[Instrumental Fade]
Bm7 D E7 Amaj7 B7 Bm7 D D/E A B7