Heaven By Sea Chords by Simani

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