{"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":1758411,"song":"Molly May","artist":"J.P. Cormier","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11381037-molly-may-chords-by-j-p-cormier/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1758411?type=chord","rating":4.77423,"votes":17,"content":"*****DO NOT ADD STRUMMING PATTERNS TO MY TABS*****\r\n\r\n\r\nJ.P. Cormier - Molly May\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]N.C.   [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust a lad I was of thirteen years[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen my father passed away[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I had to take a job as deckhand [/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn the Molly May[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the time I spent one summer past[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTurned into fifty years[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]              \r\nAnd the sound she made as she broke the waves[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]\r\nStill rings within my ears[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]N.C.    [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe was passed to me when I was twenty-three[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCaptain Mills went round the bend[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]     \r\nHe saw a forerunner on the dock one night[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd never sailed again[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSuperstition be damned, I sailed her proud[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFair maiden of the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nThere was never another like her[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd no one for her but me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nI saw the time with me in my prime, no man could be my equal[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nThrough the eye of a needle I'd sail her any day[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut when I grew older I couldn't hold her, my courage slipped away[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo they put a young boy from Canso at the wheel of the Molly May[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINSTRUMENTAL: [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]N.C.    [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAh, the years went by and the tales ran high[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf the catches we brought in[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]    \r\nThere were times I thought we'd sink her[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nBut her spirit would not give in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWords are spoken and souls are broken[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the bottle shattered mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nI could see that she'd outlive me[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'd not win the war of time[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I saw the days amid devil waves, no man could be my equal[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nThrough the eye of a needle I'd sail her any day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I grew older I couldn't hold her, my courage slipped away[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo they put a young boy from Canso at the wheel of the Molly May[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINSTRUMENTAL: [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]N.C.  [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was there to see her sail away[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the cold December haze[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]       \r\nBut the Canso boy had never seen the likes[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nOf the southeast wind and waves[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt the harbour mouth he drifted south[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRight into Lighthouse Rock[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nAnd he smashed her keel and laid her low[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile I watched there from the dock[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I saw the time with me in my prime, no man could be my equal[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nThrough the eye of a needle I'd sail her any day[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut when I grew older I couldn't hold her, my courage slipped away[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nSo they put a young boy from Canso at the wheel of the Molly May[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]      \r\nAnd there'll never be another[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe likes of the Molly May[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I wish that I'd gone down, boys, at the wheel of the Molly May[/tab]","plain_text":"*****DO NOT ADD STRUMMING PATTERNS TO MY TABS*****\n\n\nJ.P. Cormier - Molly May\n\n\n\n\nINTRO: Em D C  Em D C  Em D C   G Am G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINSTRUMENTAL: Em D C  Em D C  Em D C   C G Am G  D-G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINSTRUMENTAL: Em D C  Em D C  Em D C   C G Am G  D-G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:","chords":["Em","D","C","G","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}