The Man Who Would Never Leave Grimsby

Dm7 G Dm7 G Dm7 G Dm7 G F Bb Eb Dm7 G Am C Dm I was told about a man who would never leave Grimsby F C Dm And that may sound strange Am C Dm But his heart was in that town with his friends and his family F C Am But to make him leave F C Dm Would be pain indeed Am C Dm Now he could have toured the world, he was highly respected F C Dm But to make him go Am C Dm Would be ripping out his heart and leaving him restless F C Am So to see him play F C G Go the Grimsby way Dm7 C F D ‘Cause he has a little love, but he gives a lot of love G F Em G It doesn’t matter where he is Dm7 C F D If you’ve got a little love and you give a lot of love G F It doesn’t matter where you are, it’s up to you Em G Dm7 G Dm7 G You could be in Grimsby too Am C Dm Got a letter from a boy from a village in Kenya F C Dm He was such a fan Am C Dm So smitten by the band, they called him the Strawbs Boy F C Am And that made him proud F C Dm He would play us loud Am C Dm In the letter Lucky wrote that he’d been to Nairobi F C Dm Which I found quite sad Am C Dm Because he said he looked around, but he couldn’t see me F C Am With a faith like that F C G How I wish he had Dm7 C F D Lucky had a little love and he gave a lot of love G F Em G Didn’t matter where he was Dm7 C F D If you’ve got a little love and you give a lot of love G F It doesn’t matter where you are, it’s up to you Em G Dm7 G You could be in Grimsby too Am C Dm If you ever meet the man who would never leave Grimsby F C Dm Try to make him see Am C Dm That the home is in the heart and you carry it with you F C Am You may never leave F C G And your spirit’s free Dm7 C F D If you've got little love and you give a lot of love G F Em G Doesn’t matter where you are Dm7 C F D So, take a little love and you give a lot of love G F It doesn’t matter where you are, it’s up to you Em G Dm7 Em F Dm G F Em G You could be in Grimsby too