E|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------1-----------1--------------------|
B|-----1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------3---3-------3---3------------------|
G|---2-------2---0-------0---0-------0---2-------2---2-------2---2-| Etcetera---|
D|-------------------------------------0-----------0--------------------------|
A|-0-----------3-----------3-----------------------------------0--------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
...storm torn Shoreline a woman is -- Standing -----------------------------| the Spray
INTRO Enough Am pluckings to sound okay..song is in 4/4, so play three, and
have a little tacet to set things off.
(tacet) Am C Dm
By the storm torn shoreline, a woman is standing
AmCAm
The spray strung like jewels in her hair
AmCDm
And the sea tore the rocks, near that desolate landing
AmCDmAm
As though it had known, she stood there
CHORUS (Exact progression as above)
For she had come down, to condemn that wild ocean
For the murderous loss of her man
His boat sailed out, on Wednsday mornin'
And its feared she's gone down, with all hands.
More Verses:
Oh, and white were the wavecaps, and wild was their parting
So fierce is(as) the warring of love
But she prayed to the Gods, both of men and of sailors
Not to cast their cruel nets o'er her love
[Chorus]
[Solo]
DmAmCAmE|-------1---------------0---------------0---------------0-------------------|
B|-----3---3-----------1---1-----------1---1-----------1---1---1-------------|
G|---2-------2---2---2-------2-------0-------0---0---2-------2---2-----------|
D|-0---------------2-----------2-0-------------2-----------------------------|
A|-------------0-------------------3---------------0-------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
This is played up to four times, but usually only twice. There are some
slight variations that can be played on this, but this is only important to
note on the four time solo. (This is sorta something I made up, and may
not be what is on the albulm, as there it is an accompniment of some flutes,
etc. It does a good job of staying with the flow though) The exit to the solo
is as follows from the last Am
AmE|-------0---------------0---------------3---------------0-----------0-------|
B|-----1---1-----------1---1-----------0---0-----------1---1-------1---1-----|
G|---2-------2-------0-------0---0---0-------0---0---2-------2---2-------2---|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-----------0-2-3-----------0---2---------------0-----------0-------------|
E|---------------------------------------------3-----------------------------|
There's a school on the hill, where the son's of dead fathers
Are led towards tempests and gails
Where their God given wings, are clipped close to their bodies
And their eyes are bound round, with ship's sails.
[Chorus]
What force leads a man, to a life filled with danger
High on seas, or a mile underground?
Its when need is his master, and poverty's no stranger
And there's no other work to be found.