On The High Seas

Gordon Lightfoot

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Was it someone she met that's so hard to forget

C C G G

Was it some kind of an ocean of changes?

Chorus

Am B Em Cmaj7

I don't remember where she said she would be

F#m7 B7 Em7 Em

And since I don't know, let me guess

Interlude

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Verse 2

A A Amaj7 Amaj7

Was it somewhere in Michigan or the Lake of the Woods

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Up in old Montreal or Toronto the good

Bm7 E7 Amaj7 A7

Somewhere in Reno or somewhere in Rome

Dmaj7 Gmaj7

And when all is said and done

Cmaj7 Cmaj7 G G

Will she leave me alone?

Bridge

G D

I don't want to get so low

C G G D

And as for my sadness, it comes and it goes

Chorus

Em C G Em

I don't remember where she said she would be

G C D G G D D

Back in the city or on the high seas

Interlude

A Amaj7 Bm7 E7

Verse 3

A A Amaj7 Amaj7

Was it up in Hornpayne where the trains run on time

Bbm Bbm Bm7 E7

Was she drinking champagne when she made up her mind?

Bm7 E7 Amaj7 A7

North of the border or down in South Bend

Dmaj7 Gmaj7

And when all is said and done

Cmaj7 Cmaj7 G G G

Is there no rainbow's end?

Bridge

G D

I don't want to own the key

C G G D D

To some ghostly mansion where souls are set free

Chorus

Em C G Em

I don't remember where she said she would go

G C D G

Straight for the highway or down the low road

Chorus

Em C G Em

I don't remember where she said she would be

G C D G G

Back in the city or on the high seas

Outro

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