By Ben |
lyrics by Peter Mayer
tune ("Hyfrydol") by Rowland Prichard.
Peter Mayer's tune differs from the traditional hymn in that the last three notes are drawn out to three beats apiece; traditionally they get only one. Additionally, in the last verse during the words "sky my sailor song" he holds the Em chord while singing G for the entire line.
I play this in C or D because it's easier for me to sing. Your harp may sing it better in G. Here is a video of me performing it in D.
Chords: C - G C - (G) C F - C G C G7
Melody: C4 D C D E F E D C D
Lyrics: Though be - low me I feel no mo - tion
||: Sun my sa - il and moon my rud - der
||: I give thanks to the waves up-holding me
C - F Am - - G C G7 C - -
G F E E D C D C
Stan ding on these mountains and plains
As I ply the star - ry sea
Hail the great winds urging me on
C - G C - (G) C F - C G C G7
C4 D C D E F E D C D
Far a - way from the rol -ling o - cean
Lea - ning o - ver the edge in won -der
Greet the in -fi - nite sea be - fore me
C - F Am - - G C G7 C - -
G F E E D C D C
Still my dry - land heart can say
Cas - ting ques -tions into the deep
Sing the sky my sai - lor song
Em - - Em Dm Em Dm - - G7 C G7
G G G F E F F F E D
I've been sai - ling all my life now
Drif-ting here with my ship's com pan -ions
I was born u - pon the fa - thoms
C - - Am F C C F C G -
E E E F G G F E D
Ne -ver harbor nor port have I known
All we kin - dred pil - grim souls
Ne -ver harbor nor port have I known
G C - - F G F C - - G (C) F (C) G
D G E G F D F E C E D E F E D
The wide u - ni- verse is the o - cean I tra - vel
Ma - king our way by the light of the hea - vens
The wide u - ni- verse is the o - cean I tra - vel
C - - F C F C - - G - - C - - C - -
G G A5 G4 F E D C
And the Earth is my blue boat home. :||
In our beau ti ful blue boat home. :||
And the Earth is my blue boat home. ||