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[Verse 1]
      G
She's reading in the bedroom
    D
The dog is in the yard
    Em                   C            
And I just got back from traveling hard
          G
I've been   ten days gone 
          D                          
I've been   ten days gone
          Em     C    G
Cross the seeeeeeeeeeea
        Em        C            G   D
With my girl in a house in the treeees
  Am
I love her she knows
             D
But sometimes my love goes
          G
Cross the sea


[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
   G 
Paulette is in the garden
         D
It's the first day of the fall
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Lately I'm not  getting no sleep at all
         C                        D
She said  stay till you're strong

Soon you'll be gone    
          Em     C    G
Cross the seeeeeeeeeeea
          Em        C            G   D
With your girl in a house in the treeees
  Am
I love her she knows
             D
But sometimes my love goes
          Em  C   D
Cross the seeeeeeeeea yeah
    Em   Am   D   
The seeeeeeeeeea yeah
    Em   C   D   
The seeeeeeeeeea yeah
    Em   D   C
The seeeeeeeeeea


[Verse 3]
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I went to meet the boatman
       D
He was smoking on his pipe
        Em              D
He said son you look ready
   C
To travel tonight
                  Em   D
I think he's right

Soon I'll be gone
          Em     C    G
Cross the seeeeeeeeeeea
        Em         C            G   D
With my girl in a house in the treeees
  Am
I love her she knows
             D
But sometimes my love goes
          Em     C    G 
Cross the seeeeeeeeeeea
            Em             
Because she knows in
      C         G   D
the oceans I'm freeeeee
       Am
And it makes her so sad
        D
But she never gets mad when I leave


[Outro]
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