Chords for Loss Of The Marion (Simani)
Tempo:
94.05 bpm
Chords used:
G
Am
C
D
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [C]
[Am] [D] [G]
In 1915 [C] on the tenth day [Am] of June, [D] At Berks Far from [G] Marion lay,
Prepared for the banks [C] as was custom [Am] to do, [D] All loaded with [G] capelin for bay.
They went from the north [C] west to find summer [Am] breeze, [F#] As Ike Jones from St.
[G] Jack's he steered,
And the boys in the folks [C] all made plans for [Am] that night, [F#] When they'd all go ashore [G] in St.
Fear.
Somewhere uneasy [C] there'd be trouble they [Am] said, [D] For Ike Jones was noted [G] to piety,
And at the Café de France [C] on the last trip [Am] he made, A Frenchman had threatened [G] his life.
[C]
[Am] [D] [G]
The challenge to fight [C] was issued [Am] that night, While the cheap French liquor [G] ran free,
The French captain then [C] warned the [Am] Marion's men, [F#] He would answer the [G] challenge at sea.
Next day [Em] the [C] Marion set [Am] sail again, [D] And so too the [A] story [G]
relays,
The French beam-trawler [C] weighed [Am] anchor as well, [D] And followed close by [G] in her wake.
[D] She's a fortune-bay schooner [G] heading out for the banks, [C] With fine party [Am] fortune [D]-bay men.
[G] But sup on the quay [C] were [Am] rumoured to say, [F#] She'd never be heard [G] from again.
[C]
[Am] [D] [Am] [G]
The fate that befell [C] the [Am] Marion's crew, [F#] And their schooner will never [G] be known.
Not a trace and no tidings [C] were [Am] ever again, [D] To be heard by those waiting [G] at home.
Some say the Frenchman [C] was true [Am] to his word, Some say he confessed before [G] he died,
That he scuttled the Marion [C] and settled [Am] the debt, [F#] Not taking one man or [G] the side.
Families of Skinners [C] and [Am] Dallis and Miles, [D] Weep for their loved ones [G] on shore,
And the Newfoundland story [C] of loss [Am] due to sea, [F#] Was told as so often [G]
before.
[D] She's a fortune-bay schooner [G] sailing out from St.
Jack's, [C] With a fine [Am] crew of fortune [F#]-bay men.
[G] But never no more will [C] she pass [Am] by the light, [F#] With her jib flapping into [G] the wind.
No, never no more will [C] she pass [Am] by the light, [D] With her jib flapping into [G] the wind.
[C]
[Am] [D] [G]
[N]
[Am] [D] [G]
In 1915 [C] on the tenth day [Am] of June, [D] At Berks Far from [G] Marion lay,
Prepared for the banks [C] as was custom [Am] to do, [D] All loaded with [G] capelin for bay.
They went from the north [C] west to find summer [Am] breeze, [F#] As Ike Jones from St.
[G] Jack's he steered,
And the boys in the folks [C] all made plans for [Am] that night, [F#] When they'd all go ashore [G] in St.
Fear.
Somewhere uneasy [C] there'd be trouble they [Am] said, [D] For Ike Jones was noted [G] to piety,
And at the Café de France [C] on the last trip [Am] he made, A Frenchman had threatened [G] his life.
[C]
[Am] [D] [G]
The challenge to fight [C] was issued [Am] that night, While the cheap French liquor [G] ran free,
The French captain then [C] warned the [Am] Marion's men, [F#] He would answer the [G] challenge at sea.
Next day [Em] the [C] Marion set [Am] sail again, [D] And so too the [A] story [G]
relays,
The French beam-trawler [C] weighed [Am] anchor as well, [D] And followed close by [G] in her wake.
[D] She's a fortune-bay schooner [G] heading out for the banks, [C] With fine party [Am] fortune [D]-bay men.
[G] But sup on the quay [C] were [Am] rumoured to say, [F#] She'd never be heard [G] from again.
[C]
[Am] [D] [Am] [G]
The fate that befell [C] the [Am] Marion's crew, [F#] And their schooner will never [G] be known.
Not a trace and no tidings [C] were [Am] ever again, [D] To be heard by those waiting [G] at home.
Some say the Frenchman [C] was true [Am] to his word, Some say he confessed before [G] he died,
That he scuttled the Marion [C] and settled [Am] the debt, [F#] Not taking one man or [G] the side.
Families of Skinners [C] and [Am] Dallis and Miles, [D] Weep for their loved ones [G] on shore,
And the Newfoundland story [C] of loss [Am] due to sea, [F#] Was told as so often [G]
before.
[D] She's a fortune-bay schooner [G] sailing out from St.
Jack's, [C] With a fine [Am] crew of fortune [F#]-bay men.
[G] But never no more will [C] she pass [Am] by the light, [F#] With her jib flapping into [G] the wind.
No, never no more will [C] she pass [Am] by the light, [D] With her jib flapping into [G] the wind.
[C]
[Am] [D] [G]
[N]
Key:
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Am
C
D
F#
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C
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ In 1915 [C] on the tenth day [Am] of June, [D] At Berks Far from [G] Marion lay,
_ Prepared for the banks [C] as was custom [Am] to do, [D] All loaded with [G] capelin for bay.
They went from the north [C] west to find summer [Am] breeze, [F#] As Ike Jones from St.
[G] Jack's he steered,
And the boys in the folks [C] all made plans for [Am] that night, [F#] When they'd all go ashore [G] in St.
Fear.
_ Somewhere uneasy [C] there'd be trouble they [Am] said, [D] For Ike Jones was noted [G] to piety,
And at the Café de France [C] on the last trip [Am] he made, A Frenchman had threatened [G] his life.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ The challenge to fight [C] was issued [Am] that night, While the cheap French liquor [G] ran free,
The French captain then [C] warned the [Am] Marion's men, [F#] He would answer the [G] challenge at sea.
_ Next day [Em] the [C] Marion set [Am] sail again, [D] And so too the [A] story [G]
relays,
The French beam-trawler [C] weighed [Am] anchor as well, [D] And followed close by [G] in her wake.
[D] She's a fortune-bay schooner [G] heading out for the banks, [C] With fine party [Am] fortune [D]-bay men.
[G] But sup on the quay [C] were [Am] rumoured to say, [F#] She'd never be heard [G] from again.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _
_ The fate that befell [C] the [Am] Marion's crew, [F#] And their schooner will never [G] be known.
Not a trace and no tidings [C] were [Am] ever again, [D] To be heard by those waiting [G] at home.
Some say the Frenchman [C] was true [Am] to his word, Some say he confessed before [G] he died,
That he scuttled the Marion [C] and settled [Am] the debt, [F#] Not taking one man or [G] the side.
_ Families of Skinners [C] and [Am] Dallis and Miles, [D] Weep for their loved ones [G] on shore,
And the Newfoundland story [C] of loss [Am] due to sea, [F#] Was told as so often [G]
before.
[D] She's a fortune-bay schooner [G] sailing out from St.
Jack's, [C] With a fine [Am] crew of fortune [F#]-bay men.
[G] But never no more will [C] she pass [Am] by the light, [F#] With her jib flapping into [G] the wind.
_ No, never no more will [C] she pass [Am] by the light, [D] With her jib flapping into [G] the wind.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ In 1915 [C] on the tenth day [Am] of June, [D] At Berks Far from [G] Marion lay,
_ Prepared for the banks [C] as was custom [Am] to do, [D] All loaded with [G] capelin for bay.
They went from the north [C] west to find summer [Am] breeze, [F#] As Ike Jones from St.
[G] Jack's he steered,
And the boys in the folks [C] all made plans for [Am] that night, [F#] When they'd all go ashore [G] in St.
Fear.
_ Somewhere uneasy [C] there'd be trouble they [Am] said, [D] For Ike Jones was noted [G] to piety,
And at the Café de France [C] on the last trip [Am] he made, A Frenchman had threatened [G] his life.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ The challenge to fight [C] was issued [Am] that night, While the cheap French liquor [G] ran free,
The French captain then [C] warned the [Am] Marion's men, [F#] He would answer the [G] challenge at sea.
_ Next day [Em] the [C] Marion set [Am] sail again, [D] And so too the [A] story [G]
relays,
The French beam-trawler [C] weighed [Am] anchor as well, [D] And followed close by [G] in her wake.
[D] She's a fortune-bay schooner [G] heading out for the banks, [C] With fine party [Am] fortune [D]-bay men.
[G] But sup on the quay [C] were [Am] rumoured to say, [F#] She'd never be heard [G] from again.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _
_ The fate that befell [C] the [Am] Marion's crew, [F#] And their schooner will never [G] be known.
Not a trace and no tidings [C] were [Am] ever again, [D] To be heard by those waiting [G] at home.
Some say the Frenchman [C] was true [Am] to his word, Some say he confessed before [G] he died,
That he scuttled the Marion [C] and settled [Am] the debt, [F#] Not taking one man or [G] the side.
_ Families of Skinners [C] and [Am] Dallis and Miles, [D] Weep for their loved ones [G] on shore,
And the Newfoundland story [C] of loss [Am] due to sea, [F#] Was told as so often [G]
before.
[D] She's a fortune-bay schooner [G] sailing out from St.
Jack's, [C] With a fine [Am] crew of fortune [F#]-bay men.
[G] But never no more will [C] she pass [Am] by the light, [F#] With her jib flapping into [G] the wind.
_ No, never no more will [C] she pass [Am] by the light, [D] With her jib flapping into [G] the wind.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _