The Eddystone Light Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D]

[Verse 1]
Oh, me [D]father was the keeper
of the eddystone light
And [G]he slept with [A]a mermaid
[D]one fine night
From this union there came three
A por[G]poise and [A]a porgy
and the [D]other was me

[Verse 2]
[E]Yo ho ho
[A]The wind blows free
Oh for the life on the [D]rolling sea

[Verse 3]
[D]
One day as I was a- trimmin'
the glim
[G]Humming [A]a tune from the [D]evening hymn
A voice from the starboard shouted,
"Ahoy"
And [G]there was me [D]mother

[Verse 4]
a- sittin' on the buoy
[E]Yo ho ho
[A]The wind blows free
Oh for the life on the [D]rolling sea

[Verse 5]
[D]
Oh what has become of me children three?
Me [G]mother [A]then she [D]asked of me
One was exhibited as a talking fish
The [G]other was [A]served in [D]a chafing dish

[Verse 6]
[E]Yo ho ho
[A]The wind blows free
Oh for the life on the [D]rolling sea

[Interlude 1]
[D][G][A][D]

[Verse 7]
Then [D]the phosphorus flashed
in her seaweed hair
I [G]looked again,
[A]but me [D]mother wasn't there
But I heard her voice echoing
back through the night
The [G]devil take the [A]keeper
of the eddy[D]stone light

[Verse 8]
[E]Yo ho ho
[A]The wind blows free
Oh for the life on the [D]rolling sea

[Verse 9]
[D]
Oh, the moral of the story
you'll learn when you find
To [G]leave God's [A]creatures for
what [D]nature had in mind
For fishes are for cookin',
mermaids are for [F#m]tales
[G]Seaweed is for [A]sushi and
[D]protecting is for whales

[Verse 10]
[E]Yo ho ho
The [A]wind blows free
Oh for the life on the [D]rolling sea

[Verse 11]
[E]Yo ho ho
The [A]wind blows free
Oh for the life on the [D]rolling sea

[Outro 1]
[D]