The Fossil Hunter chords by Fairport Convention

Intro:
C  Gm7

Verse:

 C
A small girl is holding a carpenter's hand


                   F
Their eyes are looking down on the sand


      C
Down on the sand

Verse:

C
Holding a pebble that she's found


                        F
He shows her secrets in this jewel from the ground


         C
This jewel in the ground


Chorus:

G     Am   G     C
She sells shells upon the seashore


    G        C    G
Things slip through her hands so fast


  C      F     Bb
She won't find love anymore


         C
Not find love any more


Verse:

C
The winter's tales in Salem last


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


        C
The childhood's past


Verse:

C
She sells her finds to those who'll buy


              F
Lends a hand to those who try


      C
To those who try


Chorus:

G     Am   G     C
She sells shells upon the seashore


    G        C    G
Things slip through her hands so fast


  C      F     Bb
She won't find love anymore


         C   Gm7
Not find love any more


Verse:

C
Winter's fury throws waves ashore


                 F
An unchanged flow of an ancient law


      C
This ancient law


Verse:

C
Black then gives way to liquid jaws


                 F
Millions of years to settle a score


       C
They settle a score


Chorus:

G     Am   G     C
She sells shells upon the seashore


    G        C    G
Things slip through her hands so fast


  C      F     Bb
She won't find love anymore


         C
Not find love any more


Instrumental:
C  Gm7  C  Gm7  G

Bridge:

G
Walking to a spot she knows


G
Where the land has slipped again


G
A hammer held tight in her hand


G            C
She works on in the rain...


Instrumental:
C  Gm7  C  Gm7  C  Gm7  C  Gm7

Verse:

 C
A lighthouse beam bleeds into the sea


                F
She moves the earth so patiently


     C
So patiently


Verse:

C
A landmark of history she will find


                  F
Her father's face appears in her mind


        C
He comes to her mind


Chorus:

G     Am   G     C
She sells shells upon the seashore


    G        C    G
Things slip through her hands so fast


  C      F     Bb
She won't find love anymore


         C
Not find love any more


Outro:
C  Gm7  C  Gm7  C

      Gm7   C
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee...


      Gm7   C
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee...


      Gm7   C
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee...


C  Gm7  C  Gm7

C           Gm7
Mary is running by the sea


C           Gm7
Mary is running by the sea


C           Gm7
Mary is running by the sea


C           Gm7
Mary is running by the sea