Artist: | Al Stewart (English) |
User: | Steve Godfrey |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
G Bm
Go and tell Lord Grenville that the tide is on the turn
Em D C Am
It's time to haul the anchor up and leave the land astern
B7 C Edim
We'll be gone before the dawn returns
G F Em Adim Adim*
Like voices on the wind
G Bm
Go and tell Lord Grenville that our dreams have run aground
Em D C Am
There's nothing here to keep us in this shanty town
B7 C Edim
None of us are caring where we're bound
G F Em Adim Adim*
Like voices on the wind
[Chorus]
G C D
And come the day you'll hear them saying
G
"They're throwing it all away"
C D
Nothing more to say (Instrumental)
Ebm Em* Eb Bm7 Bb F Fm C D Dsus D C/D D Dsus D C/D D
Just throwing it all away
G Bm
Go and fetch the captain's log and tear the pages out
Em D C Am
We're on our way to nowhere now, can't bring the helm about
B7 C Edim
None of us are left in any doubt
G F Em Adim Adim*
We won't be back again
G Bm
Send a message to the fleet, they'll search for us in vain
Em D C Am
We won't be there among the reaches of the Spanish Main
B7 C Edim
Tell the ones we left home not to wait
G F Em Adim Adim*
We won't be back again
[Chorus]
G C D
And come the day you'll hear them saying
G
"They're throwing it all away"
C D
Nothing more to say
Ebm Em Eb Bm7 Bb F Fm C D Dsus D C/D D Dsus D C/D D
Just throwing it all away
[Bridge]
Dm C
Our time is just a point along a line
Cm G
That runs forever with no end
Dm C
I never thought that we would come to find
Cm G
Ourselves upon these rocks again
Adim Adim* G Adim Adim* G Adim Adim* G Gmaj7 G7 C Cm G Cm G
Oh no...
[Outro]
G Bm G Bm (repeat and fade)
Go and tell Lord Grenville that the tide is on the turn