Molly May chords by J.p. Cormier

J.P. Cormier - Molly May




INTRO: Em D C Em D C Em D C  G Am G

N.C.  Em      D
Just a lad I was of thirteen years
    G         C
When my father passed away
   Am       C       G
And I had to take a job as deckhand
         D
On the Molly May
    Em        D
And the time I spent one summer past
    G         C
Turned into fifty years
    Am          C
And the sound she made as she broke the waves
   D        G  D-G
Still rings within my ears

N.C.  Em           D
She was passed to me when I was twenty-three
    G          C
Captain Mills went round the bend
     Am        C
He saw a forerunner on the dock one night
  G       D
And never sailed again
   Em          D
Superstition be damned, I sailed her proud
   G       C
Fair maiden of the sea
     Am         C
There was never another like her
    D        G
And no one for her but me


CHORUS:
Am         Em         D     G   C
I saw the time with me in my prime, no man could be my equal
      Am         Em      D  G
Through the eye of a needle I'd sail her any day
  Am        Em           D    G    C
But when I grew older I couldn't hold her, my courage slipped away
    Am          Em      D          G D-G
So they put a young boy from Canso at the wheel of the Molly May


INSTRUMENTAL: Em D C Em D C Em D C  C G Am G D-G


N.C.  Em          D
Ah, the years went by and the tales ran high
    G          C
Of the catches we brought in
      Am          C
There were times I thought we'd sink her
    G           D
But her spirit would not give in
Em          D
Words are spoken and souls are broken
    G          C
And the bottle shattered mine
    Am        C
I could see that she'd outlive me
    D       G
I'd not win the war of time


CHORUS:
  Am       Em         D     G   C
But I saw the days amid devil waves, no man could be my equal
      Am         Em      D  G
Through the eye of a needle I'd sail her any day
Am        Em           D    G    C
When I grew older I couldn't hold her, my courage slipped away
    Am          Em      D          G D-G
So they put a young boy from Canso at the wheel of the Molly May


INSTRUMENTAL: Em D C Em D C Em D C  C G Am G D-G


N.C. Em        D
I was there to see her sail away
    G         C
In the cold December haze
    Am         C
But the Canso boy had never seen the likes
    G          D
Of the southeast wind and waves
    Em        D
At the harbour mouth he drifted south
   G        C
Right into Lighthouse Rock
    Am          C
And he smashed her keel and laid her low
    D           G   D-G
While I watched there from the dock


CHORUS:
  Am         Em         D     G   C
But I saw the time with me in my prime, no man could be my equal
      Am         Em      D  G
Through the eye of a needle I'd sail her any day
  Am        Em           D    G    C
But when I grew older I couldn't hold her, my courage slipped away
    Am          Em      D          G
So they put a young boy from Canso at the wheel of the Molly May
       Am  G  C
And there'll never be another
  D          Em  C  Em D C  Em D C G
The likes of the Molly May
   Am         Em         D          G