Eddy Stone Light chords by Oscar Brand

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Verse 1
C 
Now  (C major) my father was the keeper
of the Eddystone light.
G 
C 
He married a  (G major) mermaid  (C major) one dark night.
Result of the union was
offspring three.
G 
C 
Two was  (G major) fish  (C major) an d the other was me.
G 
One, two, three,  (G major) the wind blows free.
C 
 (C major) Oh, for life on the rolling sea.
One night I was lightin' up the beam
Whistling a song called the Devil's Dream
I heard somebody shoutin' ahoy
And there was my mother
settin' on a boy
G 
One, two, three,  (G major) the wind blows free
C 
Oh,  (C major) for life on the rolling sea
My mother, she smiled and said to me,
What has become of my children three?
One was exhibited as a talking fish,
The other was served in a chafing dish.
G 
One, two, three, the  (G major) wind blows free,
C 
 (C major) Oh, for life on the rolling sea.
Well, the phosphorus flashed
in her seaweed hair,
G 
I looked again,  (G major) 
C 
 (C major) but my mother wasn't there
Her voice come a -echoing
back through the night
The devil with the keeper
of the head of stonelight
G 
One, two, three,  (G major) the wind blows free
C 
 (C major) Oh, for a life on the rolling sea