The Visitor chords by The Willows

The Willows - The Visitor



INTRO: Em  C     Em  C

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The Visitor from Whitby Town

Was wrecked at Robin Hood's Bay

Their crew with a longboat, spied offshore
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At the breaking of the day

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Like Robin Hood, we no lifeboat had
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No answer to their pleas
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So the lifeboat men from Whitby Town

Did brave the raging seas


CHORUS:
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Two hundred men, eight miles through the snow
       C
Taking nothing was there for granted
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Using hope to their advantage
       D
As they hauled
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So when you're face to face with a desperate plight

Think about Henry Freeman's night
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Could have written them off, could have stopped their flight
N.C.                  Em   C    Em  C
But they never sought dawn


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Those brave young men battling the seas

Were knocked back by raging gale

They had no chance of landing her
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No point in setting sail


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So they hauled their lifeboat onto the shore
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Wet from all the spray
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And they pulled that boat down to Scarborough Bow

Down to Robin Hood's Bay


CHORUS:
N.C.        C                            Em    D
Two hundred men, eight miles through the snow
       C
Taking nothing was there for granted
      G               C
Using hope to their advantage
       D
As they hauled
               C
So when you're face to face with a desperate plight

Think about Henry Freeman's night
                                        G             C
Could have written them off, could have stopped their flight
N.C.                  Em   C    Em  C
But they never sought dawn


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From Whitby and from Robin Hood's Bay

The men came mountain roads

Shovelling through the snowdrifts as
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They toiled across the moors


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They lowered her down the steepest cliffs
                D
Into the raging seas
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And the brave men onboard battled through the surf

But this time wasn't to be


CHORUS:
N.C.        C                            Em    D
Two hundred men, eight miles through the snow
       C
Taking nothing was there for granted
      G               C
Using hope to their advantage
       D
As they hauled
               C
So when you're face to face with a desperate plight

Think about Henry Freeman's night
                                        G             C
Could have written them off, could have stopped their flight
N.C.                  Em   C    Em  C
But they never sought dawn


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Back to the shore, a fresh cool wind

They launched back out to sea

With John Scouten guiding them
                             D
Through rocks and through debris


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The Visitor's crew were saved
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The peoples worked as one
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So I drink to them and the families

To all that they have done


CHORUS:
N.C.        C                            Em    D
Two hundred men, eight miles through the snow
       C
Taking nothing was there for granted
      G               C
Using hope to their advantage
       D
As they hauled
               C
So when you're face to face with a desperate plight

Think about Henry Freeman's night
                                        G             C
Could have written them off, could have stopped their flight
N.C.                  Em    C    Em  C
But they never sought dawn
                      Em    C    Em  C
But they never sought dawn
                       Em  C