Ready For The Storm
This can be a very powerful song.  For the last chorus, I will sing the first line of the chorus three times, then the last line.  Rich Mullins recorded this North Sea Irish song, and there is beautiful harmony to be made in both the verses and the chorus.

      Gm                      Dm       Gm
The waves crash in and the tide pulls out
            Eb                           Cm
It's an angry sea but there is no doubt
               Gm                            Bb                   Eb                      F
That the lighthouse will keep shining out to warn the lonely sailor
                 Gm                   Dm       Gm
And the lightning strikes and the wind cuts cold
                      Eb                                         Cm
Through the sailor's bones, through the sailor's soul
                  Gm                    Bb                     Eb                      F
Till there's nothing left that he can hold except the rolling ocean

                    Gm       Cm                   F
Chorus:  But  I  am ready for the storm, yes sir, ready
 Gm     Cm                 F                                      Gm
 I   am ready for the storm, I'm ready for the storm

       Gm              Dm  Gm
Oh give me mercy      for my dreams
               Eb                Cm
‘Cause every confrontation seems
     Gm                    Bb                    Eb                    F
To tell me what it really means to be this lonely sailor
         Gm              Dm Gm
But when the sky begins  to clear
               Eb                 Cm
And the sun it melts away my fear
     Gm              Bb                    Eb                         F
I'll cry a silent weary tear for those that need to love me   CHORUS

         Gm              Dm Gm
The distance  - it  is  no real friend
          Eb                      Cm
And time will take its time and you will
 Gm                    Bb                       Eb                         F
Find that in the end it brings you me, the lonely sailor
         Gm                  Dm Gm
And when you take me by   your side
          Eb                          Cm
You love me warm, you love me and
     Gm                  Bb                   Eb                    F
I should have realized I had no reason to be frightened        CHORUS

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