Gordon Bok

Mrs Macdonalds Lament(Chords)

Gordon Bok

Key: F

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	        Intro: F   Bb 

Verse 
                             F 
When the wind's away and the wave away 
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That crazy old fool will go down on the bay 
Bb                     Eb 
Dodging the ledges and setting his gear 
         Bb            F               Bb 
And come back when the wind drives him in 

Eb Bb But he knows full well the fishing is done Eb Bb F His credit's all gone and the winter is come Bb Cm Eb But as sure as the tide will rise and run Bb F Bb F Bb He'll go back on the bay again
Verse F When the snow is down on the Western Bay Bb Eb F That fool will go running the Fiddler's Ground Bb Eb Hauling his gear in the trough of the sea Bb F Bb Bb7 As if he'd no mind of his own
Eb Bb Yet he knows full well the fishing is done Eb Bb F His credit's all gone and the winter is come Bb Cm Eb But as sure as the tide will rise and run Bb F Bb F Bb He'll go back on the bay again
Verse F Well, his father's gone, and his brothers are gone Bb Eb F And still he goes down on the dark of the moon Bb Eb Rowing the dory and setting the twine Bb F Bb Bb7 And it won't even pay for his time Instrumental: Eb Bb Eb Bb Bb Cm Eb Bb F Bb Verse F When the wind's away and the wave away Bb Eb F Our children go down on the morning sun Bb Eb They go rowing their little boats out on the tide Bb F Bb Bb7 And they'll follow their foolish old man Verse Eb Bb Well, you blind old fool, your children are gone Eb Bb F And you never would tell 'gm the fishing was done Bb Cm Eb Their days were numbered the day they were born Bb F Bb The same as their foolish old man

Written by Gordon Bok

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