Mercy Bay chords by Fairport Convention

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Verse 1
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 (G major) 10 ,000 pounds of price was set to find
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the Northwest Passage go down  (C major) 
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So many  (G major) ships have sailed and yet the ice floes will not let them through
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 (Gsus4)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major) 1850 was the year we sailed out of Plymouth, Go Down!  (C major) 
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A mighty  (G major) boat and a little fear,
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With steel in our hull and our hearts.  (Gsus4)  (G major)  (C major) 
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We set  (G major) a course for old Cape Horn,
then out across the ocean go down
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 (C major) I  (G major) worked the night,
watched dusk till dawn,
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while many a man had his dream  (C major) 
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From  (G major) Baring Strait to the Fauxfoot seas,
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the air was growing colder, go down  (C major) 
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The sea  (G major) like rock in a mighty freeze,
that winter we just had to stay
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 (C major) And the  (G minor) snow came down
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from an  (E flat major) endless sky
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To the  (C major) gods on high, I would pray  (G minor) 
Turn this ship around,
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from these  (E flat major) frozen grounds,
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Let's be (C major) hold what we've found,
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and find a way.  (G major)  (G minor)  (G major) 
Summer came and the waters moved,
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The wind blew in our feet and go down.  (C major) 
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But the  (G major) end of the strait
had not improved,
For the north of Banks Isle
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we did steer.  (C major) 
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Crushed  (G major) and held by the frozen cold,
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a candlelit prison go down  (C major) 
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A hot  (G major) meal worth its weight in gold,
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McClure says we mustn't give in  (C major) 
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And the snow  (G minor) came down
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from an  (E flat major) endless sky
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To the god (C major) s on high, I would pray  (G minor) 
Turn this ship around,
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from these  (E flat major) frozen grounds
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Let's be  (G minor) home (C major) ward bound,
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find a way  (G minor)  (G major) 
Months go by and we walk and sleep
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Rations getting smaller go down  (C major) 
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Enough  (G major) to make a grown man weep,
The ice won't be melting this
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year.  (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major) 
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McClure set out for the Belvedere Isle
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In search of our salvation, go down  (C major) 
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And his  (G major) bulldog spirit, mile on mile,
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Made up for him, landing us here  (C major) 
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In  (G major) April 1853 the resolute said, go down
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At  (C major)  (G major) Melville Isle we found the note,
the told of our place and our plight
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We  (C major) left  (G major) that ship on the frozen tide,
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The barren, the born,
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an (G minor) d   the  (G major) died  (C major) 
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Three moun (G major) tains looked out to the sea
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Their names written carver on wood  (C major) 
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Then we  (G minor) sailed away
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On the  (E flat major) northern star
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Back to  (C major) England's green once more  (G minor) 
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Held in high esteem by our  (E flat major) enemies
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And ten  (C major) thousand pounds reward  (G major) 
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