{"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":1741340,"song":"Fires Of Calais","artist":"James Keelaghan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11373988-fires-of-calais-chords-by-james-keelaghan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1741340?type=chord","rating":4.62546,"votes":3,"content":"James Keelaghan - Fires of Calais\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 5th Fret\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe fishing boats rolled out across the dark green channel water[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs they gather speed for Flanders, they cut their nets away[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's not herring they'll be pulling from the waters on this morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut they'll reap a bitter harvest from the fires of Calais[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE: [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTwenty leagues from France I saw the amber soaked horizon[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn our lee the cliffs of Dover fall beneath the channel waves[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere waters used to sing a song to soothe the hearts of fishers[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow we hear the rolling thunder from the fires of Calais[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE: [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs we pull in tight to shore, this armada bent on rescue[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI could curse the men behind the desks who sell our lives this way[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI never signed aboard to save them from this bloody lack of planning[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat strands these fine young men beneath the fires of Calais[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE: [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the beach allied confusion, will they stand or are they running[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf it's run, where will they go to between the sea and the mêlée[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the flanks the troops advancing and with heavy guns they're firing[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd not a mother's son could save them from the fires of Calais[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE: [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn scattered groups upon the shore, some look towards a safer harbour[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome fix their eyes upon the flames that turn night to day[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome yet standing bold and ready to stoutly guard the rear from Jerry[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey'll need no flares to see him 'neath the fires of Calais[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE: [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've fished these channel waters since I was man enough to face them[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor the herring and the flounder I have often hauled away[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut a catch like this I've never had in forty years of sailing[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSaving Tommies as they flounder 'neath the fires of Calais[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE: [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe fishing boats rolled out across the dark green channel water[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs they gather speed for Flanders, they cut their nets away[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's not herring they'll be pulling from the waters on this morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey'll reap a bitter harvest from the fires of Calais[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nOUTRO: [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"James Keelaghan - Fires of Calais\n\n\nCAPO: 5th Fret\n\n\nINTRO: C     F Em G C   F Em G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINTERLUDE: C    F Em G C   F Em G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINTERLUDE: C    F Em G C   F Em G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINTERLUDE: C    F Em G C   F Em G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINTERLUDE: C    F Em G C   F Em G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINTERLUDE: C    F Em G C   F Em G\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nINTERLUDE: C    F Em G C   F Em G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOUTRO: C    F Em G C   F Em G C    F Em G C   F Em G   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