Chords for Bill Smith (from The Corrie Folk Trio)--- Port Mahon

[Abm] _ [Eb] Here's a nice song [Ab] called Port Mahon.
[F] I have to tell you [Ab] that it's not [G] what you think.
We had three Gaelic speakers rushed [Abm] out last night.
It's [G] actually about a place called Port Mahon, [Db] which is in Monaco.
[B] [Gb] And [Gbm] this story goes back to the [Ab] days of the [Bb] sailing ships and the Battle of [Ab] the Nile.
[D] And a young girl [Ab] meets a sailor in Port Mahon.
[Dbm] He sails off to the battle, but he never came [Ab] back.
[Bb] It's a story of [Dbm] my life too.
[Eb] _ _
[Bb] _ [Gm] I'm trying to teach Paddy Veldas.
It should be sung by a young girl.
So when I make a reference to marrying a sailor, you know it's not [Abm] him. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ [E] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
In Port Mahon, _ [Abm] _
[Db] I'm [Abm] down to the harbor.
_ _ _ [B] Well a tall ship from England _ [Eb] sailed into [Abm] the bay. _
_ _ [Dbm] I fell in love with a young [Abm] English _ _ sailor.
But yet [Eb] my _ heart, [E] I can [Eb] hear while I sleep.
[Db] Out of [Ab] Port Mahon _ [E] I've soon [B] begun laughing or weeping. _
[G] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] Out _ _ [E] _
[Abm] _ _ of Port Mahon [Dbm] came the order [Ab] one morning.
[B] To up the anchor [G] and [Abm] up to the [E] bay.
[Ab] _ _ _
[Dbm] And so my tall ship sailed [Abm] out of the harbor.
_ _ But yet my [Eb] _
heart, [E] I can hear while [G] _ _
I sleep.
Out of [Ab] Port Mahon [E] I've soon [B] begun laughing or weeping.
_ [Gb] _
[Bbm] _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Out of Port Mahon [Ab] [Dbm] came the [Abm] news of battle.
[B] A member _ of [Eb] the sea [Ab] [E] troops, [Abm] _ _
_ [Dbm] a tall ship, [Db] sailed into [Abm] the harbor. _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ Out of Port [Abm] Mahon _ [E] came the [B] _ _ news _ _ _
_ [Bbm] of [Eb] battle.
[Ab] _ _ _
_ _ A member of the sea troops, a tall ship, sailed into the harbor.
And I married a _ [B] mermaid, a woman [Eb] who liked to [Ab] be.
[E] _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ [Dbm] Sometimes I lied in my [Abm] bed.
_ _ _ _ To the [Eb] sounds of the field _ _ [E] and the [Eb] songs of the _ sea.
I remember [B] that sailor, he spoke [Ab] to me.
_ [Abm] _
Out [Ab] of Port Mahon _ [E] I've [B] soon begun _ _ laughing or [Bbm] weeping. _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _