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[Verse]
                                     F
When the cold nights of winter weigh heavy on my mind
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I walk down to the river to ease my worried mind
      Bb                        Cm            Gm              F
I can see the reflection of the moon on every ice floe in the bay
      Eb               F               Bb
And I know that you’ll soon be on your way

[Verse]
                                            F
And when the pines stand tall and silent, beneath the starry sky
    Dm                          Eb
The letter that you wrote me, I read a thousand times
      Bb                         Cm            Gm              F
I can see the reflection of your face on every ice floe in the bay
      Eb               F               Bb
And I know that you’ll soon be on your way

[Chorus]
          F           Gm                 Eb
Come back home to the ones that love you true
          F           Gm                 Eb
Come back home to the ones that miss you so
           Bb
Seems like you were gone forever
        Cm               Gm         F
But for you I’ll wait forever and a day
      Eb               F               Bb
And I know that you’ll soon be on your way

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
                                      F
When the first rays of sunshine, come melt the night away
       Dm                     Eb
On the day you return, I will walk down to the bay
         Bb                          Cm                 Gm            F
And I’ll wait by the water, ‘til the ship pulls in that took you far away
    Eb             F                  Bb
Oh, mother dear, I miss you more each day

[Verse]
                                F
And my brother and my father, I know they miss you, too
    Dm                        Eb
The waiting would be easy, if only we could know
         Bb                               Cm                 Gm          F
Have you reached your destination in some far off shore, wherever it may lay?
      Eb               F               Bb
And I know that you’ll soon be on your way

[Chorus]
          F           Gm                 Eb
Come back home to the ones that love you true
          F           Gm                 Eb
Come back home to the ones that miss you so
           Bb
Seems like you were gone forever
        Cm               Gm         F
But for you I’ll wait forever and a day
      Eb               F               Bb
And I know that you’ll soon be on your way

[Instrumental]
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[Chorus]
           Bb
Seems like you've been gone forever
        Cm               Gm         F
But for you I’ll wait forever and a day
      Eb               F               Bb
And I know that you’ll soon be on your way