G C G C

[His Verse]
         G                         C                 G
Said the sea and the shore and the evening tide came in
    G                C                   G
I'm here to tell you tales of where I've been
       D                     C                     G
In the shells I whispered my love songs and secret rhymes
    D                 C               G
And Left them at your door for you to find
D                        C                          G
Tempered the force of my waves when your gods would roar
D                              C                        G
Took care of the ships full of men that you sent off to war
     C               D                         G
I've long for you so long, said the sea to the shore

[Her Verse]
         G                     C               G
Said the shore to the sea, you left me here to long
          G               C                   G
And I was promised to the moon while you were gone
   D        C                 G
He waited until the brightest night
   D                C               G
To demand my hand under his fullest night
    D                     C                   G
And promised he'll always stay and watch over me
   C                     D                          G
Oh why did you wait till now, said the shore to the sea

[His Verse]
         G                   C                G
Said the sea to the shore, I swore that I'd return
    G              C               G
And here I am with all that I have learned
      D                 C                G
I can hold you now with arms of foam and spray
         D                 C                        G
Touching you the coming of dusk and the breaking of day
D                 C             G
Smoothing out the fold on every stone
         C                       D              G
Said the sea to the shore, don't leave me here alone

[Her Verse]
         G                     C                     G
Said the shore to the sea, you said all these things before
      G                 C            G
And I tell you, I can't hear them anymore
    D                C                G
Oh, there was a time once I had given in
    D                C                  G
And hear your savage white caps rolling in
     D                    C               G
Your truffs would come up slow beneath my chin
     D                  C            G
Your mist would kiss me softly on my skin
D             C                    G
Leaving salty trails where you had been
   D                   C            G
My legs would give out in your undertow
       C               D               G
Oh but sea, that was a long, long time ago

[Guitar Solo]
G C G G
G C G G
D C G G
C D G G

[Both Verse]
       G            C                     G
So the sea took one last look and turned away
        G                   C                G
And the shore was more than strong enough to stay
D              C             G
Castles melted back into the sand
D                  C         G
Drift wood drifted up to the land
D            C               G
Rocks rose a proud and shiny skin
C                  D         G
Shells began their gossiping again.