G 1. Oh me name's Able Rodgers, a share man am IC G Am D On a three masted schooner from Twillingate IsleC G C I've been the world over north, south, east, and westG Am D But the middle of nowhere's where I likes it bestC G C G R: Where its wave over wave, sea over bowC G Am D I'm as happy a man as the sea will allowC G There's no other life for a sailor like meC G Am D And to sail the salt sea boys, sail the seaC D G There's no other life but to sail the salt sea 2. Well I leave my wife lonely ten months of the year For she built me a home and raised my children there She never come out to bid farewell to me Or ken why a sailor must sail the salt sea R: Where its wave... 3. Ah, the work it is hard and the hours are long But my spirit is willing, my back it is strong And when the works over the whisky will pour We'll dance with the girls upon some foreign shore 4. I've sailed the world over for decades or more And oft' times I wonder what I do it for I don't know the answer its pleasure and pain But with life to live over I'd do it again R: Where its wave... (2x)