Chords
The Storm

Key: E

Introduction: Em    D    Em    

difficulty
very easy |||||
                                          D                      Em  
To be sent from Holland's shore
And to end their days in pain and misery
                                          D                    Em  
To be slaves so far from home
        C                    D                      Em  
Oh oh - how sweet the salt sea air
        C                    D                         Em  
Oh oh - how bright the sun
        C                    D              Em  
Oh oh - but little did they know
                  C                         D              Em  
Of the storm that was to come
                     C                      D                    Em  
And the ship that would go down
C                                 G                            D                            Em  
Hey, boys and listen well and a story I will tell
C                              G                                         D  
Send for the prisoners down below (down below!)
C                              G                                 D                                            Em  
Hey boys and wish 'em well and the fate that them befell
          C                                              D                                 C  
And pray that you will never see the day
                                                          D                                            Em  
You'll fight for your life on Moonfleet Bay!
Well the storm hit hard and the waves were high
                                  D                         Em  
It was every man for himself
By a twist of Fate, t'was on Moonfleet Bay
        C                            D                 Em  
Oh oh - with a roar of wind and sail
        C                    D                    Em  
Oh oh - the ship was gone
        C                            D                            Em  
Oh oh - in the night, they saw a light
                          C              D                      Em  
T'was the candle Grace had shone
                     C                 D              Em  
And her boy was coming home
C                                 G                                 D                                    Em  
Hey, boys the ship is down, every man must swim or drown
C                              G                                      D  
Head for the breakers on the shore (on the shore!)
C         G                                            D                                    Em  
Hey, boys for Elzevir, he put John in Fortune's care
          C                            D                                              C  
For no man ever was there 'til that day
                                        D                                         Am  
Saved from the sea on Moonfleet Bay!
"What shall we do with the boy who's drowning?
G  
What shall we do with the boy who's drowning?
Am                                                                                                                    G                              Am  
What shall we do with the boy who's drowning, early in the morning?"
"Throw him a rope and god go with him
G  
Throw him a rope and god go with him
Am                                                                                              G                              Am  
Throw him a rope and god go with him, early in the morning?"
                 F  C  G  Am  F  C  G    F  C  G  Am  
          F                            G                                    F  
And Elzevir, he gave his life away
                                             G                                 F  
But John was the only man that day
G                                                      Am  
Saved from the sea on Moonfleet Bay!