The Old Men Of The Shells Chords by Alasdair Roberts

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_ As I [C] roved out one [F] _ shrove [C] tidy _
_ _ [F] Among _ the bramble and the [Bb] _ _ _ [C] cloudberry
_ _ [F] It's then _ [C]
I _ [Bb] heard _ a [C] _
melody _ [F] A-blowing _ _ _ over [C] the _ northern _ sea
_ [Fm] The song [C]
of the [F] old men of the shells _ _ _ The _ _ old [C] men of [F] the [C] shells, my _ boys
[F] The old _ men of [Bb] the shells [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] I've left [C] the _ _ [F] _ [Bb] ones who [C] love me well
[F] To find my [C] _ _ home [Bb] in the _ [C] heathery bell _ [F] And [C] follow [Bb] the old [Am] men [F] of the _ _ shells _ _
I made [C] my _ bed _ [Bb] _ so [C] shallow _ _
_ [F] Among _ the _ marigold [Bb] and _ _ [C] marshmallow _ _
_ [F] It's then [C] I _ heard [Bb] the [C] old men _ [F] sing Why _ [C] _ deny the [Bb] _ sea [C] her prey
_ [F] Come [C] lie with [F] the [C] old men [F] of the shells _ _ _ _ _ Well, _ [C] deeper, deeper, _ [Bb] _ I found [C] my home
[F] _ Among _ the samphire, [Bb] among _ [C] _ the full [F] The _ carol you [C] _
call [Bb] _ my _ [C] curfew bell
_ [F] And brings _ [Bb] [C] me to my [Bb] _ bed [C] of peril _ [F] Come lie [C] with [Bb] the [C] old men of [F] the shells _ _
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_ And though [C] the words they [Bb] _ sang [C] were few [F] They had the ring [Bb] of _ [F] something [C] _
true
[F] I _ listened [C] _ _
long [Bb] _ and [C] began to sing [F] The way [C] the _ _ [Bb] unflaged bird [C] takes the wing
[F] I [C] sang with [Bb] the [C] old men of [F] the shells _ _ _ _ _ I cast _ around [C] _ _ [Bb] to [C] find my tune
[F] Thinking _ _ to sing [Bb] the song [C] all _ alone [F] But wise _ [C] words on [Bb] _ _ a [C] foolish _ tongue
_ [F] How so [C] _
_ ever [Bb] _ _ sweetly they [C] be sung _ [F] They jangle [C] _
[F] like the [C] brassy bells [F] of hell
_ _ _ And they'll never [C] please [Dm] the old [C] men [F] of the shells
_ The _ _ _ old men _ [C] _ of [Bb] the shells, [C] my _ boys [F] The _ old men of [Bb] the shells
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] I'll lift the [C] _ worms [Bb] _
who love [C] me well _ [F] _
Find [C] my _ home [Bb] in the ocean [C] _ _ swells
[F] And [Am] lie with [Bb] the [Am] old men [F] of the shells _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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