[Dm] The hound bays, the sheep graze I'm counting the [A] boats in the [Dm] bay As they [G] float they seem to [A] say [F] "I'm counting the waves, I'm counting the waves" [Dm] The men in the boats they wave to their [G] wives and [A] say [Dm] "I'm counting the hours, counting the hours, counting the [A] hours in the [Dm] day" [Dm] I'm counting the gulls that sit on the waves surrounding the [A] boats in the [Dm] bay I'm counting the [G] miles 'till we're [A] there where the [F] sun and the rain and the snow Fall on the seeds and make them grow Fall on the rocks and make them [Dm] crack into pebbles and [G] into [A] sand [Dm] Which is where I [A] like to [Dm] stand