Chords for Out From St. Leonards By Irish Descendants

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_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ In the mid _ _ -1960s [Ab] the news [Eb] rang out clear,
[Ab] Pack your bags and [Eb] your nets, you [Fm] must get [Bb] out of here.
[Eb] Take your picks and your [Ab] shovels, your rakes and [Eb] your hoes,
[Ab]
The government [Eb] says you [Fm] must pack [Bb] up and go.
_ _ [Eb] Well, the news it soon spread [Ab] to the _ [Eb] harbors and coals,
[Ab] That the young [Eb] crowd were leaving [Fm] in hordes and [Bb] in droves,
[Eb] For to go to Toronto to [Ab] follow [Eb] their goals,
[Ab] For to go to [Eb] Blasentia [Fm] and live on [Bb] the Dole.
_ [Eb] And it's out from St.
[Ab] Leonard's and out from [Eb] Toslow,
[Ab] They steam [Eb] across the bay with [Fm] their houses [Bb] in tow,
With [Eb] their beds in the bow, [Ab] their skulls [Eb] in the stern,
[Ab] Bound away with their [Eb] sons and their [Ab] _ [Eb] daughters.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] Well, skipper Jim Pitman [Ab] said he wouldn't [Eb] go,
[Ab] While there's nets [Eb] to be mended [Fm] and hay to be [Bb] mown,
[Eb] Said he'd [Bb] never work [Ab] no matter [Eb] the pay,
[Ab] In a hockey [Eb] stick [Fm] factory house _ [Bb] Stephenville way. _
[Eb] And it's out from St.
Leonard's [Ab] and out from [Eb] Toslow,
[Ab] They steam across [Eb] the bay with [Fm] their houses [Bb] in tow,
[Eb] With their beds in [Bb] the bow, [Ab] their skulls in [Eb] the stern,
[Ab] Bound away with [Eb] their sons and [Ab] their _ [Eb] daughters.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] And all _ _ politicians [Ab] they cursed and they [Eb] swore,
[Ab] They rather [Eb] would fight off [Fm] in some [Bb] distant war,
[Eb] For when they ceased to ramble [Ab] and they ceased [Eb] to roam,
[Ab] They could [Eb] always return to [Fm] a [Bb] place they called _ home.
[Eb] And it's out from St.
Leonard's [Ab] and out from [Eb] Toslow,
[Ab] They steam [Eb] across the bay with [Fm] their houses [Bb] in tow,
With [Eb] their beds in the bow, [Ab] their skulls [Eb] in the stern,
[Ab] Bound away with [Eb] their sons and [Ab] their _ [Eb] daughters.
_ [Ab] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Now the islands and harbors and coves are ghost towns,
[Ab] And you [F] need a [Eb] long liner [F] to harvest [Bb] the grouse.
_ _ [Eb] And the big oil refinery now [Ab] stands [Eb] as a shrine,
[Ab] To the daughters [Eb] and sons [F] who _ remember the [Bb] time.
_ _ They [Eb] sailed out from [Bb] St.
Leonard's [Ab] and out from [Eb]
Toslow,
[Ab] They steam across [Eb] the bay with [Fm] their houses [Bb] in tow,
[Eb] With their beds in [Bb] the bow, [Ab] their skulls in [Eb] the stern,
[Ab] Bound away with [Eb] their sons and [Ab] their _ [Eb] daughters.
_ _ [Bb] They [Eb] sailed out from St.
Leonard's [Ab] and out from [Eb] Toslow,
[Ab] They steam across [Eb] the bay with [Fm] their houses [Bb] in tow,
With their [Eb] beds in the bow, [Ab] their skulls in [Eb] the stern,
[Ab] Bound away with [Eb] their sons [Ab] and their _ _ [Eb] daughters.
[Ab] Bound away with [Eb] their sons and [Ab] their _ [Eb] daughters.
_ [Ab] Bound away with [Eb] their sons and [Ab] their _ _ _ _ [Eb] daughters. _
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