I will (A)live my (E)life

as a (A7)lob ster man’s (D)wife

on an (A)is land

(E)in the blue (A)bay.

He will (A)take

care of (E)me;

he will (A7)smell like the (D)sea

and (A)close

to my heart he’ll al ways

stay.

I will (A)bear

three (E)girls,

all with

straw ber ry (D)curls:

Lit tle El la and

Nel ly and

Faye.

While I’m (A)comb ing their (E)hair,

I will (A7)catch his warm

stare on our

is land

(E)in the blue

bay.

Far a way,

far a way,

I want to (D)go

far a (A)way

to a (E)new life

on a new shore

line

where

the wa

ter is blue

and the (D)peo ple are (A)new;

to an (E)oth er

is land,

in an oth er life.

There’s a boy

next to (E)me, and he (A7)nev er will (D)be an y (A)thing but a boy

at the (A)bar.

And I (A)think he’s the (E)tops; he’s where (A7)ev ’ry thing (D)stops.

How I (A)love

to love him

from a (A)far!

When he walks right past (E)me, then I (A7)fi nal ly (D)see on this bar

stool I

can’t stay.

So I’m (A)tak ing my frown

to a (A7)far dis tant town

on an (A)is land

(E)in the blue

bay.

Far

a way,

I want to

go far a way,

(F#)a way,

a way.

I,

I want to go far a way, a way,

a way.

I want to go far

a (A)way,

a way,

a way

where the wa

ter is blue

and the (D)peo ple are (A)new;

to an (E)oth er life, to an oth

er (A)life,

to an (E)oth er shore line

in an oth er life.