[intro] A D I will wait, I will wait, I will wait by the fire F#m I will wait, I will wait, I will wait by the fire D I will wait, I will wait, I will wait by the fire A I will wait, I will wait, I will wait by the fire A D F#m D Yeah! (repeated many times with the chords interspersed until verse) [verse 1] A D We can run, we can run through the woods but they'll find us F#m D We can hide, we can hide, we can hide like I've done my whole life A D We can watch as they burn all the books in the fire F#m D We can dance to the stars in the sky in the darkness of nights [pre-chorus] A D Oh, I'll be here to say F#m D Oh, I'll be here to say [chorus 1] A Oh, when I'm sailing, D Oh, when I'm sailing, F#m D I'm gonna get you back on time D A I'm gonna get you back on time [verse 2] A D I can still hear the sound of that broken piano, F#m D I can still feel the chill from the cold on the back of my spine A D I can pray to a god, I can hope that he'll save us F#m D I have seen too much pain, too much hurt, too much death in this life [pre-chorus] A D Oh, I'll be here to say F#m D Oh, I'll be here to say [chorus 2] A Oh, when I'm sailing, D Oh, when I'm sailing, F#m D I'm gonna get you back on time D A I'm gonna get you back on time A Oh, when I'm sailing, D Oh, when I'm sailing, F#m D I'm gonna get you back on time D A I'm gonna get you back on time [bridge] A D I will wait, I will wait, I will wait by the fire F#m I will wait, I will wait, I will wait by the fire D I will wait, I will wait, I will wait by the fire A I will wait, I will wait, I will wait by the fire D I will wait, I will wait, I will wait by the fire F#m I will wait, I will wait, I will wait by the fire D I will wait, I will wait, I will wait by the fire A I will wait, I will wait, I will wait by the fire [chorus 2] A Oh, when I'm sailing, D Oh, when I'm sailing, F#m D I'm gonna get you back on time D A I'm gonna get you back on time A Oh, when I'm sailing, D Oh, when I'm sailing, F#m D I'm gonna get you back on time D A I'm gonna get you back on time