Moonfleet Bay
Chris de Burgh
Hi folks! Thats my version of Chris deBurgh's "Moonfleet Bay" from his latest Album
"Moonfleet and other stories". I think he plays it in "G" but I usually play it in "D".
Hope you enjoy it!
Intro: D-D-G-D-G-Bm-A-Bm
Verse 1:
Bm D Em Bm
Alas poor John, he was a prisoner,
D G D
Fortune’s fool for many a day,
G D Em Bm
Blinded by that cursed diamond,
Em Bm F#m Bm
With his freedom, he must pay;
Verse 2:
Bm D E Bm
And so it was for faithful Elzevir,
D G D
Cast in chains for ten long years,
G D Em Bm
With never a word of blame or anger,
Em Bm F#m Bm
Just for John, t’was only tears;
Pre-Chorus:
Bm Em Bm
Oh oh oh, only tears,
A
Oh oh oh ...
Chorus:
D G D
Blow, wind blow, and send them home again,
G D A
Set the sails for England’s way,
G A D Bm
Many a heart is grieving for them,
Em Bm A D
Bring them back to Moonfleet Bay;
Bm D Em Bm
And as for Grace, she’d still be waiting,
D G D
Waiting for her only love,
G D Em Bm Em Bm
Every night a candle burning at her window,
F#m Bm
Should he come;
Bm Em Bm
Oh oh oh, should he come,
A
Oh oh oh ...
Chorus:
D G D
Blow, wind blow, and send them home again,
G D A
Set the sails for England’s way,
G A D Bm
Many a heart is grieving for them,
Em Bm A D
Bring them back to Moonfleet Bay;
D G D
Blow, wind blow, and send them home again,
G D A
Set the sails for England’s way,
G A D Bm
Many a heart is grieving for them,
Em Bm A D
Bring them back to Moonfleet Bay;
G A D Bm
Many a heart is grieving for them,
Em Bm A D
Bring them back to Moonfleet Bay;
