Chords for John Doyle - Selkie
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[G] I had [Eb] a dream a while back, a couple [G] of years ago, and it was kind of a remarkable dream.
[C] It was, the start of it was I was spit out of the belly of a whale, [E] and I landed in the
became a silkie, a [F] seal, that's a human, you know, a human [A]
seal, kind of like
and [Eb] Iceland, the Shetland Islands, Ireland,
it's basically like, you know, dead, people who have died at sea come back as silkies,
[E] and when they go on land they [N] have to take off their silky skins and leave them on the
land, but if you [C] catch a silky skin, or if you find a silky skin, [D]
[C] It was, the start of it was I was spit out of the belly of a whale, [E] and I landed in the
became a silkie, a [F] seal, that's a human, you know, a human [A]
seal, kind of like
and [Eb] Iceland, the Shetland Islands, Ireland,
it's basically like, you know, dead, people who have died at sea come back as silkies,
[E] and when they go on land they [N] have to take off their silky skins and leave them on the
land, but if you [C] catch a silky skin, or if you find a silky skin, [D]
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_ _ _ _ [G] I had [Eb] a dream a while back, a couple [G] of years ago, and it was kind of a remarkable dream. _ _
_ [C] It was, the start of it was I was spit out of the belly of a whale, [E] _ and I _ landed in the
sea and I became a silkie, a [F] seal, that's a human, you know, a human [A]
seal, kind of like
a legend [G] along the island coasts of Scotland and [Eb] Iceland, the Shetland Islands, Ireland,
[A] and _ [B]
it's basically like, you know, dead, people who have died at sea come back as silkies,
[E] and when they go on land they [N] have to take off their silky skins and leave them on the
land, but if you [C] catch a silky skin, or if you find a silky skin, _ [D]
then [A] the silkie is
indentured to [G] the human, or enslaved to the human pretty much, until such time as the
[C] human gives the silky skin back, or you find it.
So anyway, I became a silkie, and then
I looked down, [B] and I was a female [E] silkie, _ _ [N] and then I looked to my side and I had a baby
silkie with me, and so I swam to the shore, there was a [G] big thunderstorm coming, and I
swam to the shore, and when I got on the shore I took off our silky skins and lay there in
the sand on the [N] cliffs, and fell asleep, and we were there for three days, and on the third
day when I [F] woke up the child was gone, and I was looking frantically around for this
child, and [N] in the distance there was this lighthouse, this beaming lighthouse like this,
and so I decided I had to go to it as quick as I could, so I went to this lighthouse,
and I went closer and closer until I got to the lighthouse keeper's house, and I looked
into the lighthouse [C] keeper's house, and there in a cot, _ _ in a crib, was my child, and [Abm] the
lighthouse keeper and his wife were [Em] looking lovingly at it, [Ab] and there on the hook was
a silkie skin, _ [N] and then I dropped another tab of [Ab] acid, _ _ [N] _ and went on from [G] there. _ _ _ _ _
So anyway,
I figured this was a [E] remarkable enough dream to [G] actually write a song about it, so _ [D] this
is called Silkie.
_ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ Swing tight, caress me, [D] seaweed kelp [Gm] and brine, [C] deep water, _ darkened
[D] sea, _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ no memories just deep breathing, no name, no shape, nor time, [C] a dark regret _ infolds
the shape [G] of mine, [Gm] _ _ [Dm] till the tide [Gm] turns, the sea calls out [D] once more, _ _ _ [Dm] till the [Gm] tide turns,
and the sea calls out once more. _ _
My child I held you tightly, _ I nursed you and I sheltered
[C] you, safe from [D] all harm and from [G] danger, _ [Gm] _ _ _
I watched you grow so quickly, _ deeply diving,
[G] swimming, [C] gliding, past the fairy rocks, where our [G] kin slumber, [Gm] _
_ _ till the tide turns, the
sea calls [D] out once more, _ [Dm] _ till the tide [Gm] turns, [C] and the sea [Dm] calls [G] out once [Gm] _ more.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ Well a storm
at [Gm] range for three days, [Eb] and we [F] sheltered [G] in the bay, [C] casting off our calls, we slept
[Gm] undaunted.
_ _ _ _ When I awoke I called you, no answer came to me, [C] oh I searched and searched, while
tears fell down [Gm] on the number.
_ _ _ A [G] distant light [Gm] was shining [Eb] on E Day's [G] lonely isle, [C] looking
inside, oh I saw you there [Gm] asleep, on _ _ _ a bed of soft green ivy, a [D] couple brimming [Gm] with
pride, [C] your silky skin was hanging [G] by your side, _ _ till the [Gm] tide turns, the sea calls [D] out
once more, _ _ [Dm] _ till the [Gm] tide turns, and the [Bb] sea calls [G] out once more.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Dm] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] Swing [G] tight, [Gm] caress me,
_ seaweed kelp and brine, [C] deep water, _ darkened [G] heaving sea, _ [Gm] _ _ _
seven years of changing, _ [Bb] seven
[C] years [Gm] of trials, [C] to see you coming back to [G] me my child, [Gm] _
_ till the tide [Bb] turns, the sea
calls [D] out once [Em] more, _ [Dm] _ till the [Gm] tide turns, [C] and the sea calls [G] out once more.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ [C] It was, the start of it was I was spit out of the belly of a whale, [E] _ and I _ landed in the
sea and I became a silkie, a [F] seal, that's a human, you know, a human [A]
seal, kind of like
a legend [G] along the island coasts of Scotland and [Eb] Iceland, the Shetland Islands, Ireland,
[A] and _ [B]
it's basically like, you know, dead, people who have died at sea come back as silkies,
[E] and when they go on land they [N] have to take off their silky skins and leave them on the
land, but if you [C] catch a silky skin, or if you find a silky skin, _ [D]
then [A] the silkie is
indentured to [G] the human, or enslaved to the human pretty much, until such time as the
[C] human gives the silky skin back, or you find it.
So anyway, I became a silkie, and then
I looked down, [B] and I was a female [E] silkie, _ _ [N] and then I looked to my side and I had a baby
silkie with me, and so I swam to the shore, there was a [G] big thunderstorm coming, and I
swam to the shore, and when I got on the shore I took off our silky skins and lay there in
the sand on the [N] cliffs, and fell asleep, and we were there for three days, and on the third
day when I [F] woke up the child was gone, and I was looking frantically around for this
child, and [N] in the distance there was this lighthouse, this beaming lighthouse like this,
and so I decided I had to go to it as quick as I could, so I went to this lighthouse,
and I went closer and closer until I got to the lighthouse keeper's house, and I looked
into the lighthouse [C] keeper's house, and there in a cot, _ _ in a crib, was my child, and [Abm] the
lighthouse keeper and his wife were [Em] looking lovingly at it, [Ab] and there on the hook was
a silkie skin, _ [N] and then I dropped another tab of [Ab] acid, _ _ [N] _ and went on from [G] there. _ _ _ _ _
So anyway,
I figured this was a [E] remarkable enough dream to [G] actually write a song about it, so _ [D] this
is called Silkie.
_ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ Swing tight, caress me, [D] seaweed kelp [Gm] and brine, [C] deep water, _ darkened
[D] sea, _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ no memories just deep breathing, no name, no shape, nor time, [C] a dark regret _ infolds
the shape [G] of mine, [Gm] _ _ [Dm] till the tide [Gm] turns, the sea calls out [D] once more, _ _ _ [Dm] till the [Gm] tide turns,
and the sea calls out once more. _ _
My child I held you tightly, _ I nursed you and I sheltered
[C] you, safe from [D] all harm and from [G] danger, _ [Gm] _ _ _
I watched you grow so quickly, _ deeply diving,
[G] swimming, [C] gliding, past the fairy rocks, where our [G] kin slumber, [Gm] _
_ _ till the tide turns, the
sea calls [D] out once more, _ [Dm] _ till the tide [Gm] turns, [C] and the sea [Dm] calls [G] out once [Gm] _ more.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ Well a storm
at [Gm] range for three days, [Eb] and we [F] sheltered [G] in the bay, [C] casting off our calls, we slept
[Gm] undaunted.
_ _ _ _ When I awoke I called you, no answer came to me, [C] oh I searched and searched, while
tears fell down [Gm] on the number.
_ _ _ A [G] distant light [Gm] was shining [Eb] on E Day's [G] lonely isle, [C] looking
inside, oh I saw you there [Gm] asleep, on _ _ _ a bed of soft green ivy, a [D] couple brimming [Gm] with
pride, [C] your silky skin was hanging [G] by your side, _ _ till the [Gm] tide turns, the sea calls [D] out
once more, _ _ [Dm] _ till the [Gm] tide turns, and the [Bb] sea calls [G] out once more.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Dm] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] Swing [G] tight, [Gm] caress me,
_ seaweed kelp and brine, [C] deep water, _ darkened [G] heaving sea, _ [Gm] _ _ _
seven years of changing, _ [Bb] seven
[C] years [Gm] of trials, [C] to see you coming back to [G] me my child, [Gm] _
_ till the tide [Bb] turns, the sea
calls [D] out once [Em] more, _ [Dm] _ till the [Gm] tide turns, [C] and the sea calls [G] out once more.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [N] _ _