CAPO: 4 Intro: F C F C verse 1 G7 C My love is as the rose F G C G7 As wild and free as I should wish to be C Close guarded by the thorns F G C That shield her from the hands that seek to touch
G7 C F The hourglass sand that runs so free G C G7 Is rock that failed to halt the waves of time C F G My haven is the harbour bar, sheltering from the storm C F C 'Til the sun comes shining through, again___ verse 2 G7 C My love a primrose fair F G C G7 A gentle hedgerow flower in the spring C If gathered in the dawn F G C Come evening she will surely fade and die G7 C F The hourglass sand that runs so free G C G7 Is rock that failed to halt the waves of time C F G My haven is the harbour bar, sheltering from the storm C F C 'Til the sun comes shining through, again___ verse 3 G7 C My love is as a pearl F G C G7 A heart of stone that I can never own C More precious that my life F G C Thus meaning more than I can ever give G7 C F The hourglass sand that runs so free G C G7 Is rock that failed to halt the waves of time C F G My haven is the harbour bar, sheltering from the storm C F C 'Til the sun comes shining through, again___