England
- Great Big Sea
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Intro
C
Chorus
C F G5 C
We were far from the shores of England
C F G5
Far from our children and wives
F C G5 C
To play our hand in the newfound land
F G5
where the wind cuts like a knife
C F G5 C
we were far from the shores of England
Verse 1
C G5 C
We shipped on board the Maryanne
F G5
to find a better life
F C G5 C
and we walked across the water
F G5
when she broke up on the ice
C G5 C
We came ashore in Carbonear
C F G5
with nothing but our rights
F C G5 C
and I wondered if I e'er again
F G5
would see my London Lights
Chorus
C F G5 C
We were far from the shores of England
C F G5
Far from our children and wives
F C G5 C
To play our hand in the newfound land
F G5
where the wind cuts like a knife
C F G5 C
we were far from the shores of England
Verse 2
C G5 C
We spend our days amid the waves
C F G5
working water, hook and twine
F C G5 C
we'd go for weeks with blistered cheeks
F G5
waiting for the sun to shine
C G5 C
but as long as the sky hold over us
C F G5
we will not taste the brine
F C G5 C
and we'll curse the cod with the fear of God
F G5
as we haul in ev'ry line
Chorus 2
C F G5 C
We were far from the shores of England
C F G5
Far from our children and wives
F C G5 C
To play our hand in the newfound land
F G5
where the wind cuts like a knife
C F G5 C
we were far from the shores of England
C F G5
far from our native soil
F C G5 C
to chase a wish,and to hunt the fish,
F G5
and on the rocks to toil
C F G5 C
we were far from the shores of England
Verse 3
C F G5 C
Should we find fortune's favour,
F G5
and be spared from the gale
F C G5 C
we will live off honest labour
F G5
with our hearts as big as sails
C F G5 C
but if I should die don't bury me
F G5
or leave me to the sea
F C G5 C
just send my bones back to my home
F G5
where my spirit can be free
Chorus
C F G5 C
We were far from the shores of England
C F G5
Far from our children and wives
F C G5 C
To play our hand in the newfound land
C F C G5
where the wind cuts like a knife
C F G5 C
we were far from the shores of England
C F G5
far from our native soil
F C G5 C
to chase a wish,and to hunt the fish,
F G5
and on the rocks to toil
C F G5 C
we were far from the shores of England
Outro
C
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