{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1144496,"song":"On Morecambe Bay","artist":"Christy Moore","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11254331-on-morecambe-bay-chords-by-christy-moore/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1144496?type=chord","rating":4.73238,"votes":4,"content":"Play with capo on 2\r\nStandard Tuning\r\n\r\nMorecambe Bay\r\n\r\nVerse 1.\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOut beyond the street lamp's [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the calliope's roar,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nPast the wrack and samphire,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch] \r\nBeyond the shore,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI have seen walking through the tide[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAs the rain cuts through the spray,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nChinese Cockle pickers[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch] \r\nOn the sands of Morecambe Bay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI stood beside them in the corner shop [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd in the market too[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI should have spoken to them [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch] \r\nTold them everything I knew;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLike our mothers told us[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAs we went out to play[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNever try and race the tide[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch] \r\nOn the sands of Morecambe Bay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n       For the tide's the very devil,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n       It will run you out of breath,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n       Race you to the sea shore,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\n       Chase you to your death,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n       Yes the tide's the very devil[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n       And the devil has his day[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                      \r\n      On the lonley cockle grounds of Morecambe Bay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSaw them sending money orders home [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere hard earned pay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTales of crossing borders [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch] \r\nOn the road to Morecambe Bay;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSleeping in crouded rooms[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nOn cold hard floors[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSutch dreamless life[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch] \r\nIs not worth dieing for[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNow I see them in the distance[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLaid out in the morning light,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMigrant workers,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch] \r\nTwenty-three where drowned last night.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTheir final phone calls[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nHalf the world had crossed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBetween the river esureys[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch] \r\nThey raced the tide and lost.'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n       For the tide's the very devil,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n       It will run you out of breath,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n       Race you to the sea shore,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\n       Chase you to your death,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n       Yes the tide's the very devil[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n       And the devil has his day[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                      \r\n       On the lonley cockle grounds of Morecambe Bay[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIn Fujian and Xelang[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    \r\nThey mourn their next of kin,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nGang masters with snake tattoos,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch] \r\nCall money lones back in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBroken hearted parents[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nWatch their children stow away,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo die among the [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nCockle banks of Morecome Bay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n       For the tide's the very devil,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n       And the devil has his day[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                      \r\n       On the lonley cockle grounds of Morecambe Bay[/tab]","plain_text":"Play with capo on 2\nStandard Tuning\n\nMorecambe Bay\n\nVerse 1.","chords":["Dm","Am","A","Gm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}