St Brendans Way Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Chords: D xx0232

Intro

Verse 1

DOur fortunes are fleAetingG and our paAssage in stDeer, and God knows if I'll

peArishG in my 2A5th yDear. BmIn this ship full of scAurvyG with my bAride in my

hDand. But I shall kiss her teAnderlyG in the Agreat NewfoDundland.

Chorus

And it's BmlovAe Gthat we followBm toAdaGy if we BmdarAe GfollowA St. Brendan'Ds Way

B--10-10-10-10--etc-------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 2

Our fathers were tillers and our mothers knew chance,

and we've tasted hunger in Ireland and France.

And these seeds of misfortune, St. Bartholemew's Day,

shall be drowned in the new world chosen St Brendan's way.

Chorus

And it's BmhopAe.G..

EmThere's a light Gshining down Bmon you toAnight. EmA siren call, Ga harbour town, Aa

northern light.

Solo

Verse 3

A curse on the Union Jack, on it's empire and lance.

And I'll piss on the troubled head of King Charles in France.

But that's all behind us now, a thousand miles away.

And nothing can match the beauty in the sight of Gaspé.

Chorus

And it's BmhopAe.G..

Verse 4

There's salt on your naked skin and there's salt in my tears,

and without you I'd pass away under these privateers.

But that baby inside you is the work of our hand,

a child of the revolution and a free thinking man.

Chorus

And it's BmlovAe.G..

[Outro is the same as the picking notes in chorus]