Boston and St. John's Great Big Sea
My first chording effort - apologies for errors, etc! Done from listening to the
album version, so no idea if this actually looks like the official version...
Note: the melody starts on a D, while the guitar is playing E minor. This feels
very wrong til you get used to it. I think it sounds better if you sit heavily on
the low end: you really want that underlying E - F - G on the low E string.
Chords used:
Em 022000
D/F 200230
G 320033
A x02220
Intro:
[Em] [-] [D/F] [-] [G] [-] [(G)]
[Em]x2[-] [D/F] [-] [G] [-] [A]
(Oohs)
Verse 1:
[Em] Girl don't [D/F]tell me that it's [G]morning
[Em] Can we [D/F]keep the c[G]urtains draw[(A)]n?
[Em] I haven't [D/F]given you fair [G]warning
[Em] But our [D/F]ship, it s[G]ails at dawn[A]
Chorus:
And it's [D/F]true I must be [A]going, but I [G]swear it won't be [A]long
There [D/F]isn't that much [A]ocean between [G]Boston and St. [A]Johns
Em D/F A D/F (?)
I'm a rover, and I'm bound to sail away
G A (->Em...)
I'm a rover can you love me anyway?
(1x intro passage)
Verse 2:
[Em] And if some [D/F]suitor comes ap[G]proaching
[Em] Will you [D/F]let him thr[G]ough your door[(A)]?
[Em] What if [D/F]I return half-[G]broken?
Will [Em]you still [D/F]love me a[G]ny mor[A]e?
Chorus:
And it's [D/F]true I must be [A]going, but I [G]swear it won't be [A]long
There [D/F]isn't that much [A]ocean between [G]Boston and St. [A]Johns
Em D/F A D/F (?)
I'm a rover, and I'm bound to sail away
G A (->Em...)
I'm a rover can you love me anyway?
(1x intro passage)
Bridge:
[Em] Close your [D/F]eyes and dream
And [G]tell me what you see[A]
[D/F] You can tell me [A]what you want
Just [G]tell me that you'll [A]wait for me
Em D/F G...
But oh... Don't tell me that it's morning... (repeat verse 1 & chorus)
(Outro - loop intro and get quieter. Last chord the Em?)
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