Chords with lyrics
J.P. Cormier - Molly May
INTRO:
E minorEm
D MajorD
C majorC
E minorEm
D MajorD
C majorC
E minorEm
D MajorD
C majorC
G+G
A minorAm
G+G
N.C.
E minorEm
D MajorD
Just a lad I was of thirteen years
G+G
C majorC
When my father passed away
A minorAm
C majorC
G+G
And I had to take a job as deckhand
D MajorD
On the Molly May
E minorEm
D MajorD
And the time I spent one summer past
G+G
C majorC
Turned into fifty years
A minorAm
C majorC
And the sound she made as she broke the waves
D MajorD
G+G D-G
Still rings within my ears
N.C.
E minorEm
D MajorD
She was passed to me when I was twenty-three
G+G
C majorC
Captain Mills went round the bend
A minorAm
C majorC
He saw a forerunner on the dock one night
G+G
D MajorD
And never sailed again
E minorEm
D MajorD
Superstition be damned, I sailed her proud
G+G
C majorC
Fair maiden of the sea
A minorAm
C majorC
There was never another like her
D MajorD
G+G
And no one for her but me
CHORUS:
A minorAm
E minorEm
D MajorD
G+G
C majorC
I saw the time with me in my prime, no man could be my equal
A minorAm
E minorEm
D MajorD
G+G
Through the eye of a needle I'd sail her any day
A minorAm
E minorEm
D MajorD
G+G
C majorC
But when I grew older I couldn't hold her, my courage slipped away
A minorAm
E minorEm
D MajorD
G+G D-G
So they put a young boy from Canso at the wheel of the Molly May
INSTRUMENTAL:
E minorEm
D MajorD
C majorC
E minorEm
D MajorD
C majorC
E minorEm
D MajorD
C majorC
C majorC
G+G
A minorAm
G+G D-G
N.C.
E minorEm
D MajorD
Ah, the years went by and the tales ran high
G+G
C majorC
Of the catches we brought in
A minorAm
C majorC
There were times I thought we'd sink her
G+G
D MajorD
But her spirit would not give in
E minorEm
D MajorD
Words are spoken and souls are broken
G+G
C majorC
And the bottle shattered mine
A minorAm
C majorC
I could see that she'd outlive me
D MajorD
G+G
I'd not win the war of time
CHORUS:
A minorAm
E minorEm
D MajorD
G+G
C majorC
But I saw the days amid devil waves, no man could be my equal
A minorAm
E minorEm
D MajorD
G+G
Through the eye of a needle I'd sail her any day
A minorAm
E minorEm
D MajorD
G+G
C majorC
When I grew older I couldn't hold her, my courage slipped away
A minorAm
E minorEm
D MajorD
G+G D-G
So they put a young boy from Canso at the wheel of the Molly May
INSTRUMENTAL:
E minorEm
D MajorD
C majorC
E minorEm
D MajorD
C majorC
E minorEm
D MajorD
C majorC
C majorC
G+G
A minorAm
G+G D-G
N.C.
E minorEm
D MajorD
I was there to see her sail away
G+G
C majorC
In the cold December haze
A minorAm
C majorC
But the Canso boy had never seen the likes
G+G
D MajorD
Of the southeast wind and waves
E minorEm
D MajorD
At the harbour mouth he drifted south
G+G
C majorC
Right into Lighthouse Rock
A minorAm
C majorC
And he smashed her keel and laid her low
D MajorD
G+G D-G
While I watched there from the dock
CHORUS:
A minorAm
E minorEm
D MajorD
G+G
C majorC
But I saw the time with me in my prime, no man could be my equal
A minorAm
E minorEm
D MajorD
G+G
Through the eye of a needle I'd sail her any day
A minorAm
E minorEm
D MajorD
G+G
C majorC
But when I grew older I couldn't hold her, my courage slipped away
A minorAm
E minorEm
D MajorD
G+G
So they put a young boy from Canso at the wheel of the Molly May
A minorAm
G+G
C majorC
And there'll never be another
D MajorD
E minorEm
C majorC
E minorEm
D MajorD
C majorC
E minorEm
D MajorD
C majorC
G+G
The likes of the Molly May
A minorAm
E minorEm
D MajorD
G+G