Maiden And The Selkie chords by Heather Dale

Chords with lyrics

verse 1
    A minorAm                 C majorC       G+G
Once a fair and handsome seal-lord lay his foot upon the sand
    A minorAm                C majorC         G+G
For to woo the fisher?s daughter and to claim her marriage hand
    C majorC        G+G       C majorC        G+G
I have come in from the ocean, I have come in from the sea
     A minorAm                 C majorC   G+G     A minorAm
And I?ll not go to the waves, love, lest ye come along with me


verse 2
   A minorAm             C majorC       G+G
Lord, long have I loved you as a selkie on the foam
    A minorAm             C majorC      G+G
I would gladly go and wed ye and be lady of your home
       C majorC    G+G        C majorC      G+G
But I cannot go in to ocean, I cannot go into the sea
    A minorAm                C majorC   G+G     A minorAm
I would drown beneath you waves love if I went along with thee

verse 3
   A minorAm               C majorC        G+G
Lady, long have I loved you: I would have you from my wife
    A minorAm                 C majorC       G+G
I shall stay upon your shore land though it robs me of my life
      C majorC       G+G      C majorC       G+G
I?ll never go back to the ocean, never go back to the sea
    A minorAm                 C majorC   G+G    A minorAm
I shall stay one night beside you though it be the death of me


verse 4
    A minorAm              C majorC       G+G
Lord I cannot go and wed thee all to watch my lover die
      A minorAm              C majorC       G+G
Since I?ll not be left a widow I have a plan for us to try
    C majorC         G+G        C majorC         G+G
Let us speak with my grandmother who?s ever dwelt beside the sea
    A minorAm                   C majorC   G+G  A minorAm
She may know some trick or treasure that I may wed my fair selkie


Verse 5
      A minorAm                C majorC       G+G
So they?ve gone to her grandmother?s little cottage by the sea
   A minorAm              C majorC     G+G
To inquire how the maiden could be wed to her selkie
    C majorC         G+G        C majorC       G+G
For the seal-lord?s watery kingdom?d surely rob her of her breath
    A minorAm                   C majorC   G+G   A minorAm
But to stay on land past midnight, that would surely be his death

Verse 6
    A minorAm                C majorC       G+G
Lord I know not how to aid you, you may never live on shore
     A minorAm               C majorC       G+G
For your kind to live past dawning has never been seen before
    C majorC      G+G         C majorC        G+G
But my mother had a seal coat that she buried ?neath a tree
    A minorAm             C majorC   G+G    A minorAm
For she told me any wearer would become a fair selkie


Verse 7
      A minorAm                 C majorC          G+G
So they?ve journeyed farther inland though the seal-lord?s getting weak
     A minorAm                  C majorC     G+G
And she?s shouldering a shovel to unearth that thing they seek
      C majorC       G+G        C majorC        G+G
And at the rising of the full moon, underneath the elfin oak
   A minorAm                    C majorC  G+G   A minorAm
She?s unearthed that very treasure of which her grandmother spoke


Verse 8
     A minorAm                  C majorC        G+G
So just before the stroke of midnight they have made it back to sea
     A minorAm                C majorC       G+G
And she?s donned that magic seal-coat and become a maid selkie
      C majorC       G+G       C majorC       G+G
Now they?ve gone into the ocean, hand in hand into the sea
A minorAm               C majorC     G+G   A minorAm
She has gone along, a fair seal-bride for her selkie