{"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":1931711,"song":"Out From St Leonards","artist":"The Irish Descendants","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11432045-out-from-st-leonards-chords-by-the-irish-descendants/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1931711?type=chord","rating":4.70233,"votes":16,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the mid-1960s, the news rang out clear,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch] \r\nPack your bags and your nets, you must get out of here;[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTake your picks and your shovels, your rakes and your hoes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe government says you must pack up and go.[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, the news it soon spread to the harbours and coves,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat the young crowd were leaving in hordes and in droves;[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor to go to Toronto to follow their goals,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOr to go to Placentia to live on the dole.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it's out from St Leonard's and out from Toslow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey'd steam 'cross the bay with their houses in tow;[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith their beds in the bow and their stoves in the stern,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBound away with their sons and their daughters.[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow, Skipper Jim Pittman he said he wouldn't go,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhile there's nets to be mended and hay to be mowed;[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe said he'd never work, no matter the pay,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn some hockey stick factory out Stephenville way.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it's out from St Leonard's and out from Toslow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey'd steam 'cross the bay with their houses in tow;[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith their beds in the bow and their stoves in the stern,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBound away with their sons and their daughters.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow, on all politicians they cursed and they swore,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey rather would fight off in some distant war;[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor when they ceased to ramble and they ceased to roam,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey'd like to return to a place they called home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]    \r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it's out from St Leonard's and out from Toslow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey'd steam 'cross the bay with their houses in tow;[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith their beds in the bow and their stoves in the stern,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBound away with their sons and their daughters.[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow the islands and harbours and coves are ghost towns,     [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou need a longliner to harvest the ground;[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd a big oil refinery now stands as a shrine,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo the daughters and sons who remember the time.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it's out from St Leonard's and out from Toslow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey'd steam 'cross the bay with their houses in tow;[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith their beds in the bow and their stoves in the stern,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBound away with their sons and their daughters.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it's out from St Leonard's and out from Toslow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey'd steam 'cross the bay with their houses in tow;[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith their beds in the bow and their stoves in the stern,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBound away with their sons and their daughters.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBound away with their sons and their daughters.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBound away with their sons and their daughters.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n \n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n \n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]    \n\n\n\n\n \n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["D","G","Em","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]}}}