The Eddystone Light - Burl Ives Chords
Chords: C, G, F, G7, D, D7
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Genre: folk, country, pop
[Verse]
C G C
My father was the keeper of the Eddystone Light
F G7 C
And he slept with a mermaid one fine night
C G C
From this union there came three
F G7 F
A porpoise and a porgy and the other was me
[Chorus]
D D7 G G7
Yo, ho, ho, the wind blows free
G7 C
Oh, for a life on the rolling sea
[Verse]
C G C
One night while I was a-trimmin' of the glim
F G7 C
A-singin' a verse from the evening hymn
C G C
A voice from the starboard shouted, "Ahoy
F G7 C
And there was my mother a-sittin' on a buoy
[Chorus]
D D7 G G7
Yo, ho, ho, the wind blows free
G7 C
Oh, for a life on the rolling sea
[Verse]
C G C
"Oh, what has become of my children three?"
F G7 C
My mothеr, then she asked of mе
C G C
"One was exhibited as a talking fish
F G7 C
And the other was served in a chafing dish"
[Chorus]
D D7 G G7
Yo, ho, ho, the wind blows free
G7 C
Oh, for a life on the rolling sea
[Verse]
C G C
Then the phosphorus flashed in her seaweed hair
F G7 C
I looked again, and my mother wasn't there
C G C
A voice come a-echoing out through the night:
F G7 C
"To Hell with the keeper of the Eddystone Light!"
[Chorus]
D D7 G G7
Yo, ho, ho, the wind blows free
G7 C
Oh, for a life on the rolling sea
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