Moonfleet Bay Chords & Lyrics by Chris de Burgh

Moonfleet Bay

guitar chords lyrics

Chris de Burgh

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;