The Marystown Expedition chords by The Stanfields

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse:
     DmDm             A minorAm
Upon St. Crispin’s Day we made for a distant shore
     FF           C majorC
from the harbour mouth of Montego
    DmDm                A minorAm
We were packed to the deck with a rash of Nelson’s blood
   FF                  C majorC
on a Northern course where the tradewinds blow
   C# minorC#m                Bb majorBb
Forty nights on the deck of an old West Indiaman
   C# minorC#m          Bb majorBb
shed little light on what I know
  G+G       A minorAm Bb majorBb     FF
One day this will be over, this I know

Verse:
   DmDm           A minorAm
I remember you as the girl I loved so well
    FF           C majorC
and the lady of my hearth and home
     DmDm             A minorAm
So I must be the man with a horde of tales to tell
   FF             C majorC
and a bigger horde of silks and gold
  C# minorC#m          Bb majorBb
Do you resent me for my roving ways?
    C# minorC#m          Bb majorBb
Are you still the lady that I know?
  G+G       A minorAm Bb majorBb     FF
One day this will be over, this I know


Interlude:
D MajorD      C majorC   FF A minorAm D MajorD  D MajorD FF G+G A augmentedA FF D MajorD FF


Verse:
    DmDm          A minorAm
Ne’er a sabre have I drawn in anger
    FF             C majorC
‘nor a flintlock have I fired at all
      DmDm            A minorAm
Though the midnight watch has yet to wear me down
    FF           C majorC
I grow weary of the heaven’s thrall
 C# minorC#m            Bb majorBb
I vowed to return one day a different man
    C# minorC#m            Bb majorBb
not the green and witless boy you know
  G+G       A minorAm Bb majorBb     FF
One day this will be over, this I know

Interlude:
D MajorD      C majorC   FF A minorAm D MajorD  D MajorD FF G+G A augmentedA FF D MajorD FF


e|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|
BB|-3-(x12)-3-(x12)-3-(x12)-3-(x12)-|
G+G|-2-------3-------4-------3-------|
D MajorD|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|
A augmentedA|-0-------1-------2-------1-------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|

D MajorD    FF   D MajorD  FF  Bb majorBb D MajorD

D MajorD    FF   D MajorD  FF

Bb majorBb D MajorD Bb majorBb D MajorD C majorC D MajorD C majorC D MajorD

Bb majorBb D MajorD Bb majorBb D MajorD Bb majorBb D MajorD D MajorD


Bridge:
(Use this where D* is shown)
e|-5-------------------------------|
BB|-3---5-3-3---3--3-3-3---3--3-3-3-|
G+G|-2---2-2-4---3--5-3-2---3--5-3-2-|
D MajorD|-0---0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0-|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|

D*
Relief, praise the gods for the still and moment of respite
                      E7E7    G+G       D MajorD
The thrill of sleeping through the night is lost on a drone such as I
D*
The taste of victory calls, yet a shadow of a feeling lingers on
                       E7E7    G+G      D MajorD
Yet the blow of whores and devil spawn didn’t break my confidence at all

D MajorD  D MajorD

Bridge:
 F# minorF#m          BB
I think these things too loud
  F# minorF#m      BB
I’m nothing if not proud
 G# minorG#m        C#C#
I seek the means to thrive
   G# minorG#m          C#C#
Not scouring to merely survive


F# minorF#m  BB  F# minorF#m  BB    G# minorG#m  C#C#  G# minorG#m  C#C#


Outro:
    D MajorD  C#C#  BB  A augmentedA  D MajorD  C#C#  BB   A augmentedA   F# minorF#m   E MajorE
Did you find your fate and make your mark on the sea imbecile
   D MajorD  C#C# BB   A augmentedA D MajorD  C#C#  BB  A augmentedA   F# minorF#m     E MajorE
Cause someone waits at home for you to come over the horizon
      A augmentedA         E MajorE      D MajorD DmDm A augmentedA
She’ll be waiting, she’ll be waiting for a long time
     E MajorE       D MajorD DmDm A augmentedA
She’ll be waiting for a long time