The Fossil Hunter chords by Fairport Convention

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
C majorC  Gm7Gm7

Verse:

 C majorC
A augmentedA small girl is holding a carpenter's hand


                   FF
Their eyes are looking down on the sand


      C majorC
Down on the sand

Verse:

C majorC
Holding a pebble that she's found


                        FF
He shows her secrets in this jewel from the ground


         C majorC
This jewel in the ground


Chorus:

G+G     A minorAm   G+G     C majorC
She sells shells upon the seashore


    G+G        C majorC    G+G
Things slip through her hands so fast


  C majorC      FF     Bb majorBb
She won't find love anymore


         C majorC
Not find love any more


Verse:

C majorC
The winter's tales in Salem last

                    FF
The girl's a woman now, the childhood past


        C majorC
The childhood's past


Verse:

C majorC
She sells her finds to those who'll buy


              FF
Lends a hand to those who try


      C majorC
To those who try


Chorus:

G+G     A minorAm   G+G     C majorC
She sells shells upon the seashore


    G+G        C majorC    G+G
Things slip through her hands so fast


  C majorC      FF     Bb majorBb
She won't find love anymore


         C majorC   Gm7Gm7
Not find love any more


Verse:

C majorC
Winter's fury throws waves ashore


                 FF
An unchanged flow of an ancient law


      C majorC
This ancient law


Verse:

C majorC
Black then gives way to liquid jaws


                 FF
Millions of years to settle a score


       C majorC
They settle a score


Chorus:

G+G     A minorAm   G+G     C majorC
She sells shells upon the seashore


    G+G        C majorC    G+G
Things slip through her hands so fast


  C majorC      FF     Bb majorBb
She won't find love anymore


         C majorC
Not find love any more


Instrumental:
C majorC  Gm7Gm7  C majorC  Gm7Gm7  G+G

Bridge:

G+G
Walking to a spot she knows


G+G
Where the land has slipped again


G+G
A augmentedA hammer held tight in her hand


G+G            C majorC
She works on in the rain...


Instrumental:
C majorC  Gm7Gm7  C majorC  Gm7Gm7  C majorC  Gm7Gm7  C majorC  Gm7Gm7

Verse:

 C majorC
A augmentedA lighthouse beam bleeds into the sea


                FF
She moves the earth so patiently


     C majorC
So patiently


Verse:

C majorC
A augmentedA landmark of history she will find


                  FF
Her father's face appears in her mind


        C majorC
He comes to her mind


Chorus:

G+G     A minorAm   G+G     C majorC
She sells shells upon the seashore


    G+G        C majorC    G+G
Things slip through her hands so fast


  C majorC      FF     Bb majorBb
She won't find love anymore


         C majorC
Not find love any more


Outro:
C majorC  Gm7Gm7  C majorC  Gm7Gm7  C majorC

      Gm7Gm7   C majorC
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee...


      Gm7Gm7   C majorC
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee...


      Gm7Gm7   C majorC
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee...


C majorC  Gm7Gm7  C majorC  Gm7Gm7

C majorC           Gm7Gm7
Mary is running by the sea


C majorC           Gm7Gm7
Mary is running by the sea


C majorC           Gm7Gm7
Mary is running by the sea


C majorC           Gm7Gm7
Mary is running by the sea