Intro: D-D-G-D-G-Bm-A-BmVerse 1:
BmDEmBm
Alas poor John, he was a prisoner,
DGD
Fortune’s fool for many a day,
GDEmBm
Blinded by that cursed diamond,
EmBmF#mBm
With his freedom, he must pay;
Verse 2:
BmDEBm
And so it was for faithful Elzevir,
DGD
Cast in chains for ten long years,
GDEmBm
With never a word of blame or anger,
EmBmF#mBm
Just for John, t’was only tears;
Pre-Chorus:
BmEmBm
Oh oh oh, only tears,
A
Oh oh oh ...
Chorus:
DGD
Blow, wind blow, and send them home again,
GDA
Set the sails for England’s way,
GADBm
Many a heart is grieving for them,
EmBmAD
Bring them back to Moonfleet Bay;
BmDEmBm
And as for Grace, she’d still be waiting,
DGD
Waiting for her only love,
GDEmBmEmBm
Every night a candle burning at her window,
F#mBm
Should he come;
BmEmBm
Oh oh oh, should he come,
A
Oh oh oh ...
Chorus:
DGD
Blow, wind blow, and send them home again,
GDA
Set the sails for England’s way,
GADBm
Many a heart is grieving for them,
EmBmAD
Bring them back to Moonfleet Bay;
DGD
Blow, wind blow, and send them home again,
GDA
Set the sails for England’s way,
GADBm
Many a heart is grieving for them,
EmBmAD
Bring them back to Moonfleet Bay;
GADBm
Many a heart is grieving for them,
EmBmAD
Bring them back to Moonfleet Bay;
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