Mercy Bay Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]10 ,000 pounds of price was set to find
the Northwest Passage go [C]down
So [G]many ships have sailed and yet the ice floes will not let them through
[Gsus4]1850 was [G]the[C] ye[G]ar we sailed out of Plymouth, Go Down![C]
A [G]mighty boat and a little fear,
With steel in our hull and our [Gsus4]hearts.[G][C]
We [G]set a course for old Cape Horn,
then out across the ocean go down
[C]I wor[G]ked the night,
watched dusk till dawn,
while many a man had his [C]dream
From [G]Baring Strait to the Fauxfoot seas,
the air was growing colder, go [C]down
The [G]sea like rock in a mighty freeze,
that winter we just had to stay
[C]And the [Gm]snow came down
from an [Eb]endless sky
To the [C]gods on high, I would [Gm]pray
Turn this ship around,
from these [Eb]frozen grounds,
Let's be[C]hold what we've found,
and find a [G]way.[Gm][G]
Summer came and the waters moved,
The wind blew in our feet and go [C]down.
But the [G]end of the strait
had not improved,
For the north of Banks Isle
we did [C]steer.
[G]Crushed and held by the frozen cold,
a candlelit prison go [C]down
A [G]hot meal worth its weight in gold,
McClure says we mustn't give [C]in
And [Gm]the snow came down
from an [Eb]endless sky
To the [C]gods on high, I would [Gm]pray
Turn this ship around,
from these [Eb]frozen grounds
Let's be [Gm]home [C]ward bound,
find a [Gm]way[G]
Months go by and we walk and sleep
Rations getting smaller go [C]down
Enough [G]to make a grown man weep,
The ice won't be melting this
[C]year.[G][C][G]
[C][G]
McClure set out for the Belvedere Isle
In search of our salvation, go [C]down
And his [G]bulldog spirit, mile on mile,
Made up for him, landing us [C]here
In [G]April 1853 the resolute said, go down
[C]At [G]Melville Isle we found the note,
the told of our place and our plight
[C]We [G]left that ship on the frozen tide,
we
The barren, the born,
an[Gm]d the di[G]ed[C]
Three moun[G]tains looked out to the sea
Their names written carver on [C]wood
Then we [Gm]sailed away
On the [Eb]northern star
Back to [C]England's green once [Gm]more
Held in high esteem by our [Eb]enemies
And ten [C]thousand pounds [G]reward
[Gm][G]

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 2]
[G]You got that
You got [G]that
you