Eamon chords by Guy Clark

SimplifiedG · Em · D · C

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
Eamon swallowed anchor and stepped  (G major) 
himself ashore
Set seaboot down on cobblestone
he'd never trod before
A lone fog on the harbour
did obscure the rigging lights
And the terra firma tavern cast

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Verse 2

a warm and glowing light

Sing fare thee well

Calm seas or swell

Red evening sky

Interlude 1

Home and dry

Verse 3
G 
Eamon went to sea for life the  (G major) 
day he turned fourteen
On a merchant cargo steamer
bound for Kwajalein
By way of Cartagena he wound
up in Istanbul
Nineteen times around the horn
Em 
would make a Dutchman drool  (E minor) 
D 
Sing  (D major) fare thee

Verse 4

well

Calm seas or swell

Red evening sky

Interlude 2

Home and dry

Verse 5
G 
Now  (G major) Eamon headed inland 'til he
could not smell the sea
Where they'd never seen a boat,
that's where he went to be
And they dressed him in his
peacoat, pulled his seaboots on
Stitched him in his hammock and
Em 
sent him sailing home  (E minor) 
D 
Sing  (D major) fare thee

Verse 6
G 
Em 
 (G major) well  (E minor) 
D 
G 
C 
Calm  (D major) seas or  (G major) swell  (C major) 
G 
D 
Red evening sky  (G major)  (D major) 
Home and dry
G 
 (G major) 