The Storm chords by Chris de Burgh
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Intro 1
(E minor) (C major) (E minor) (C major) (E minor)
Verse 1
Now the time (E minor)
had come for Elzevir and John,
To be sent from Holland's shore,
And to end their days in pain and misery,
To be slaves so far from home
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Verse 2
Oh, (C major) how sweet (D major) the salt (E minor) sea air,
Oh, (C major) how (D major) bright the sun (E minor) ,
Oh, (C major) but (D major) little (E minor) did they know of
the storm (C major) that was (D major) to come, (E minor)
And the ship (C major) that would (D major) go down
(E minor)
Verse 3
(C major) Hey boys and (G major) listen well (D major) and
a story (E minor) I will tell,
Send (C major) for the (G major) prisoners down be (D major) low,
down below!
(C major) Hey boys and (G major) wish 'em well (D major) and
the fate that (E minor) them befell,
And (C major) pray that you will
(D major) never see the day, (C major)
You'll fight for your (D major) life
on Moonfleet (E minor) Bay!
Verse 4
Well the storm (E minor) hit hard and
the waves were high,
It was every man for himself
By a twist of Fate t'was on
Moonfleet Bay,
Where the ship would meet its end
Verse 5
Oh, (C major) with a (D major) roar of (E minor) wind and sail,
Oh, (C major) the ship (D major) was gone, (E minor)
Oh, (C major) in the (D major) night, they saw (E minor) a light,
Twas the candle (C major) Grace (D major) had shone, (E minor)
And her (C major) boy was (D major) coming home
(E minor)
Verse 6
(C major) Hey boys the (G major) ship is down,
(D major) Every man must swim (E minor) or drown,
(C major) Head for the (G major) breakers on the shore, (D major)
on the shore!
(C major) Hey boys for (G major) Elzevir,
(D major) he put John in (E minor) For tune's care,
For no (C major) man ever (D major) was there till that (C major) day,
Saved from the sea
(D major) on Moonfleet (A minor) Bay!
Verse 7
(A minor)
"What shall we do with the
boy who's drowning?
(G major) What shall we do with the boy
who's drowning?
(A minor) What shall we do with the
boy who's drowning,
(G major) Early in the morn (A minor) ing?"
Verse 8
"Throw him a rope and (A minor) God go with him,
Throw (G major) him a rope and God go with him,
Throw (A minor) him a rope and God go with him,
(G major) early in the (A minor) morning?"
Interlude 1
(A minor) (F major) (C major) (G major) (A minor) (F major) (C major)
(G major) (F major) (C major) (G major) (A minor)
Verse 9
And (F major) Elzevir, he (G major) gave his life away, (F major)
For John was the (G major) only man that (F major) day,
Saved from the (G major) sea on Moonfleet (A minor) Bay!
The Storm
Chris de Burgh
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