Chords for Thank God We're Surrounded by Water

[G] _ _ _ [C] _ Now I'll tell you a [G] tale about Newfoundland, dear,
We haven't got money [F] or riches [G] to [C] spare, Now that we can be [G] thankful for one small
affair, Thank God we're surrounded by [C] water.
The sea, oh, the [G] sea, a [C] wonderful [G] sea, A long, basy road [C] between people [G] and [C] me,
And everyone here [G] should get down on one knee, And thank God we're surrounded by [C] water.
Now the Englishmen [G] came from land in the Johnbrook, They came over to ride [F] our [G] colonial boat,
[C] We'd have eight million more, [G] but they didn't have both,
Thank God we're surrounded by [C] water.
The sea, oh, the sea, a [G] wonderful [C] [G] sea, A long, basy road [F] between people [G] and me,
[C] And everyone here [G] should get down on one knee, And thank God we're surrounded by [C] water.
Some visitors [G] tasted our Newfoundland screech, They tipped back the [F] bottles, drank [G] six ounces
each, [C] And they let out a [G] howl as they ran for the
beach, Thank God we're surrounded [C] by water.
The sea, oh, the sea, a wonderful [G] sea, A long, basy road [F] between [G] people and me,
[C] And everyone here [G] should get down on one knee, And thank God we're surrounded by [C] water.
Now Bessie Jo Kemp [G] took her horse for a ride, She ripped her old [F] plumbers right [G] up the left
side, [C] She hung them dry [G] on the beach at low tide,
Thank God we're surrounded by [C] water.
The sea, oh, the [G] sea, a [C] wonderful [G] sea, A long, basy road [C] between people [G] and me,
[C] And everyone here [G] should get down on one knee, And thank God we're surrounded by [C] water.
Now the French in Quebec [G] want a separate state, Including our own [F] [G] Labrador, just you wait,
[C] They can down Moodle Isle, [G] but they can't walk our straits,
Thank God we're surrounded [C] by water.
The sea, oh, the [G] sea, a [C] wonderful [G] sea, A long, basy road [F] between [G] people and me,
[C] And everyone here [G] should get down on one knee, And thank God we're surrounded [C] by water.
Now Joey was [G] got, said the Liberal bunch, One day on our [F] harbor he [G] walked after lunch,
[C] But he couldn't quite make [G] that old gal an east lunch,
Thank God we're surrounded [C] by water.
The sea, oh, the [G] sea, a [C] wonderful [G] sea, A long, basy road [C] between [G] people and me,
[C] And everyone here [G] should get down on one knee, And thank God we're surrounded [C] by water.
The sea, oh, the sea, [G] a [C] wonderful sea, [G] A long, basy road [C] between [G] people and me,
[C] And everyone here [G] should get down on one knee, And thank God we're surrounded by [C] water.
[G] And thank God we're surrounded [C] by water. _ _
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