C                         F         C
Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss
                Am          F         G
It's better my darling, I promise you this
     Ebm/C          F                        Dm
The next time I hold you, I'm not letting go
         C                    F         Am      G/B
Will you wait for me darling, I need to know

           C                   F         C
Well, you know I'm a sailor, tomorrow we sail
                  Am           F        G
It's a hard way of living, but I know it well
    Ebm/C        F                    Dm
And if I surrender my life to the sea
        C                   F            Am
You can marry another, it's alright with me

          F                    G            Am
Though we won't be together again 'til the spring
       F                        G
Just imagine the treasures I'll bring

      C                           F          C
Come lay with me, stay with me, soon I'll be gone
              Am         F          G
But I will remember you all winter long
    Ebm/C        F                     Dm
And when I return to the one that I miss
        C                       F           Am
Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss
    F           C
The sweeter the kiss

( F  C  Am  F  G  Ebm/C )
( F  Dm  C  F  Am )

           F                         G          Am
When the mornings are warm and the valleys are green
          F                       G
I'll come back from wherever I've been

          C                      F          C
Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss
                Am         F          G
It's better my darling, I promise you this
    Ebm/C            F                        Dm
But next time I hold you, I'm not letting go
         C                   F       Am
We will give up the ocean forever, I know
   F      C
Forever I know

( F  C  Am  F  G  Ebm/C )
( F  Dm  C  F  Am F C )

          C                      F          C
Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss
                Am         F          G
It's better my darling, I promise you this
    Ebm/C            F                        Dm
But next time I hold you, I'm not letting go
         C                   F       Am
We will give up the ocean forever, I know
   F      C
Forever I know