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