Chords for Sierra Leone

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_ _ _ _ _ I [B] _
_ [C] found an [G] old letter [D] caught under [G] a stone [C] By the sea in [G] the lead of [D] a cliff so [G] low
_ [C] Its pages [Am] were tattered [Em] from where it [C] had blown To land from the hand of [G] a sailor [C] unknown
_ There [C] by the coast of _ [G] Sierra [C] Leone _ _
_ Dear friend, [G] dear friend, I have missed you, you know
[C] When you walked and you [G]
talked with me so long ago
[C] I shoved you [Am] away aside [Em] as I rushed home [F] from home
Friend, my [C] old friend, [G] I'll never [C] let go _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ Friend, my [D] one _ [F] true love, down for me through sweltering lows
While I sail [G] the sea, [Am] I need [G] your watchful [C] eye at [F] the brow
But [D] _ _ [C] you know I'm ill in here now _ _ _ _ _
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_ My ship hugs [G] the rocks and [Dm] the girls [G] my back door
[C] _ Lashing and smashing [G] and waging [D] its war
[C] My [A] crewman, the lifeboat, [Em] please see the [F] men shore
[D] All told it won't hold even one [G] person [C] more
_ [D] Here by Sierra [G] _ Leone's rocky [C] floor _ _
_ Forgive my [G] neglect, [D] old friend, it was my loss
[C] I wait for [D] my fate as the [C] ship's knots [D] me [G] toss
[C] I feel the [Am] cold waters, [Em] I see the [F] dark moss
I [D] sail through this gale, or [G] to heaven on a [C] cross
[Am] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ Friend, my [Dm] old friend, turn [G] down [C] for me
Through sweltering [F] lows, while I sail [G] the sea
_ [Am]
I'll take the wheel [C] if you ride [F] the [D] bow
You know [C] that I know [F] you're standing here now
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As I stood [G] on the rocks of [D]
Sierra Leone
[G] By [C] the sea, the [G] blue sea [D] of Sierra [G] Leone
_ _ [C]
Close by [Am] the spot [Em] where the ladder [F] had blown
[C] _ And fought for naught by [G] the [C] sailors unknown
[D] There by the [C]
coast of [G] Sierra [D] Leone
[C] _ _
Then I saw [G] old letters carved into the [D] stone
[C] By the sea, the blue sea of Sierra _ [D] Leone
_ [C]
Thank you, [Am] old friend, [Em] just those [F] words alone
[Dm] Carved there [D] like a prayer by [G] the sailors unknown
[C] _ _ Here on the coast of [G] Sierra [C] Leone
_ _ [F]
[C] Here by the hand of a sailors [Em] _
[C] unknown
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