Mrs Macdonalds Lament chords by Gordon Bok

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
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Verse:

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When the wind's away and the wave away

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That crazy old fool will go down on the bay

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Dodging the ledges and setting his gear

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And come back when the wind drives him in

Chorus:

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But he knows full well the fishing is done

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His credit's all gone and the winter is come

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But as sure as the tide will rise and run

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He'll go back on the bay again

Verse:

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When the snow is down on the Western Bay

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That fool will go running the Fiddler's Ground

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Hauling his gear in the trough of the sea

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As if he'd no mind of his own

Chorus:

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Yet he knows full well the fishing is done

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His credit's all gone and the winter is come

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But as sure as the tide will rise and run

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He'll go back on the bay again

Verse:

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Well, his father's gone, and his brothers are gone

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And still he goes down on the dark of the moon

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Rowing the dory and setting the twine

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And it won't even pay for his time

Instrumental:
Eb MajorEb  Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb  Bb majorBb
Bb  C minorCm Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb FF Bb majorBb

Verse:

               FF
When the wind's away and the wave away

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Our children go down on the morning sun

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They go rowing their little boats out on the tide

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And they'll follow their foolish old man

Verse:

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Well, you blind old fool, your children are gone

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And you never would tell 'gm the fishing was done

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Their days were numbered the day they were born

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The same as their foolish old man