Isle Of St Helena chords by Mary Black

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G  C  G    C  G    C  G    D

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

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

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

Instrumental:
G   C   D   G  C  G   C   D   G  C
G  D  Em  C  G   D
G  D  Em  C  D   G  C

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

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

Outro:
G   C   D   G  C  G   C   D   G  C
G  D  Em  C  G   D
G  D  Em  C  D   G  C  G   C  G   C  G