Isle Of St Helena chords by Mary Black

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G+G C majorC G+G  C majorC G+G  C majorC G+G  D MajorD

Verse:
  G+G    C majorC      D MajorD      G+G     C majorC
Now Boney's away from his warring and fighting
    G+G     C majorC      D MajorD      G+G     C majorC
He has gone to a place where nought can delight him
    G+G  D MajorD    E minorEm C majorC     G+G       D MajorD
He may sit now and tell__ of the sights he has seen of
     G+G  D MajorD    E minorEm C majorC     D MajorD       G+G  C majorC G+G  C majorC G+G
While forlorn he does mourn on the Isle of St. Helena

Verse:
  G+G      C majorC        D MajorD       G+G     C majorC
No more in St. Claude will he appear in great splendour
     G+G       C majorC       D MajorD     G+G   C majorC
Nor step forth from the crowd like the great Alexander
    G+G  D MajorD   E minorEm C majorC      G+G      D MajorD
He may look to the east__, while he thinks on Lucana
     G+G   D MajorD    E minorEm C majorC     D MajorD       G+G  C majorC G+G  C majorC G+G
With his heart full of woe__ on the Isle of St. Helena

Verse:
  G+G       C majorC        D MajorD         G+G    C majorC
The wild, rushing waves 'round our shores, they're a-washing
    G+G       C majorC      D MajorD        G+G    C majorC
And the white billows heave on our rocks, they're a-lashing
    G+G  D MajorD    E minorEm C majorC     G+G       D MajorD
He may look o'er the main__ to the great Mount Diana
     G+G  D MajorD   E minorEm C majorC      D MajorD      G+G  C majorC G+G  C majorC G+G
With his eyes on the waves__ that surround St. Helena

Instrumental:
G+G  C majorC  D MajorD  G+G C majorC G+G  C majorC  D MajorD  G+G C majorC
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC G+G  D MajorD
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC D MajorD  G+G C majorC

Verse:
    G+G   C majorC        D MajorD     G+G    C majorC
Louise as she weeps, from her husband is parted
    G+G        C majorC      D MajorD      G+G     C majorC
And she dreams while she sleeps and awakes broken-hearted
     G+G  D MajorD   E minorEm  C majorC        G+G        D MajorD
There is none to console her, though there's many would be with her
    G+G  D MajorD    E minorEm C majorC      D MajorD        G+G  C majorC G+G  C majorC G+G
While alone she does mourn when she thinks of St. Helena

Verse:
    G+G       C majorC     D MajorD     G+G    C majorC
So all you that have wealth, beware of ambition
      G+G       C majorC        D MajorD       G+G    C majorC
For there's some twist of fate could soon change your condition
  G+G  D MajorD    E minorEm C majorC       G+G        D MajorD
Be steadfast in time__, what's to come, change you cannot
     G+G  D MajorD     E minorEm C majorC     D MajorD       G+G  C majorC G+G  C majorC G+G
For maybe your race will end__ on the Isle of St. Helena

Outro:
G+G  C majorC  D MajorD  G+G C majorC G+G  C majorC  D MajorD  G+G C majorC
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC G+G  D MajorD
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC D MajorD  G+G C majorC G+G  C majorC G+G  C majorC G+G