Molly May chords by J.p. Cormier

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