Chords for Heaven By Sea (Simani)

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Long, long ago, [F] as our history [C] shows, Nearly one hundred years after Cabot [G] came o'er,
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Britannia's rule [F] reached out over [C] the seas To make [G] us her first [C] colony.
_ In old St.
John's [F] Harbour one fine [C] August day,
_ Gilbert's four ships in the still [G] waters lay, [C] While just above [F] King's Beach the session [C] he claimed,
Over [G] Newfoundland [C] turf for the Queen.
_ I've set my heart on [F] this [C] country so grand, What Gilbert's remarks for he [G] left Newfoundland.
_ [C] Though he never reached Plymouth [F] to [C] tell the good news,
His last [G] words spoke more [C] than the truth, [F] We're nearer to heaven [C] by sea, _
As close to perfection as an [G] island can be.
This [F] world has its wonders, [C] but it seems to me, We are [G] nearer to heaven [C] by sea. _ _
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[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ Poets have praised this [F] great [C] country with pride, From its fast-flowing prairies to the rocky [G] Sohai,
[C] And the North with its [F] splendor of river [C] and trees,
God's notion [G] of [C] freedom and peace.
And off to the East [F] where the [C] Atlantic heaps, Our own island shores make the [G] beauty complete.
_ [C] As much in our praise [F] as that [C] great land may be,
We are [G] nearer to heaven [C] by sea.
[F] We're nearer to heaven [C] by sea, _
As close to perfection as an [G] island can be.
[F] This world has its wonders, [C] but it seems to me,
We are [G] nearer to heaven [C] by sea. _ _
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