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Molly May by J.p. Cormier

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J.P. Cormier - Molly May




INTRO: Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramG+G

N.C.   Chord diagramE minorEm           Chord diagramD MajorD
Just a lad I was of thirteen years
        Chord diagramG+G                  Chord diagramC majorC
When my father passed away
      Chord diagramA minorAm             Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramG+G
And I had to take a job as deckhand
                  Chord diagramD MajorD
On the Molly May
        Chord diagramE minorEm               Chord diagramD MajorD
And the time I spent one summer past
       Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramC majorC
Turned into fifty years
        Chord diagramA minorAm                    Chord diagramC majorC
And the sound she made as she broke the waves
      Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramG+G    D-G
Still rings within my ears
N.C.    Chord diagramE minorEm                     Chord diagramD MajorD
She was passed to me when I was twenty-three
        Chord diagramG+G                    Chord diagramC majorC
Captain Mills went round the bend
         Chord diagramA minorAm                Chord diagramC majorC
He saw a forerunner on the dock one night
    Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramD MajorD
And never sailed again
     Chord diagramE minorEm                   Chord diagramD MajorD
Superstition be damned, I sailed her proud
     Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramC majorC
Fair maiden of the sea
          Chord diagramA minorAm                 Chord diagramC majorC
There was never another like her
       Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramG+G
And no one for her but me


CHORUS:
Chord diagramA minorAm                  Chord diagramE minorEm                 Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramC majorC
I saw the time with me in my prime, no man could be my equal
            Chord diagramA minorAm                  Chord diagramE minorEm            Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G
Through the eye of a needle I'd sail her any day
    Chord diagramA minorAm                Chord diagramE minorEm                      Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC
But when I grew older I couldn't hold her, my courage slipped away
        Chord diagramA minorAm                   Chord diagramE minorEm           Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramG+G  D-G
So they put a young boy from Canso at the wheel of the Molly May

INSTRUMENTAL: Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramG+G  D-G


N.C.    Chord diagramE minorEm                    Chord diagramD MajorD
Ah, the years went by and the tales ran high
       Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramC majorC
Of the catches we brought in
           Chord diagramA minorAm                   Chord diagramC majorC
There were times I thought we'd sink her
        Chord diagramG+G                     Chord diagramD MajorD
But her spirit would not give in
Chord diagramE minorEm                   Chord diagramD MajorD
Words are spoken and souls are broken
        Chord diagramG+G                    Chord diagramC majorC
And the bottle shattered mine
        Chord diagramA minorAm                Chord diagramC majorC
I could see that she'd outlive me
        Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramG+G
I'd not win the war of time


CHORUS:
    Chord diagramA minorAm              Chord diagramE minorEm                  Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramC majorC
But I saw the days amid devil waves, no man could be my equal
            Chord diagramA minorAm                  Chord diagramE minorEm            Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G
Through the eye of a needle I'd sail her any day
Chord diagramA minorAm                Chord diagramE minorEm                      Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC
When I grew older I couldn't hold her, my courage slipped away
        Chord diagramA minorAm                   Chord diagramE minorEm           Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramG+G  D-G
So they put a young boy from Canso at the wheel of the Molly May


INSTRUMENTAL: Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramG+G  D-G


N.C.  Chord diagramE minorEm               Chord diagramD MajorD
I was there to see her sail away
       Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramC majorC
In the cold December haze
        Chord diagramA minorAm                  Chord diagramC majorC
But the Canso boy had never seen the likes
       Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramD MajorD
Of the southeast wind and waves
       Chord diagramE minorEm               Chord diagramD MajorD
At the harbour mouth he drifted south
      Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramC majorC
Right into Lighthouse Rock
       Chord diagramA minorAm                   Chord diagramC majorC
And he smashed her keel and laid her low
        Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramG+G     D-G
While I watched there from the dock


CHORUS:
    Chord diagramA minorAm                  Chord diagramE minorEm                 Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramC majorC
But I saw the time with me in my prime, no man could be my equal
            Chord diagramA minorAm                  Chord diagramE minorEm            Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G
Through the eye of a needle I'd sail her any day
    Chord diagramA minorAm                Chord diagramE minorEm                      Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC
But when I grew older I couldn't hold her, my courage slipped away
        Chord diagramA minorAm                   Chord diagramE minorEm           Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramG+G
So they put a young boy from Canso at the wheel of the Molly May
             Chord diagramA minorAm    Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC
And there'll never be another
    Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramE minorEm   Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramG+G
The likes of the Molly May
      Chord diagramA minorAm                 Chord diagramE minorEm                 Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramG+G

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