{"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":1973877,"song":"Sierra Leone","artist":"Mean Mary","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11441793-sierra-leone-chords-by-mean-mary/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1973877?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"*****DO NOT ADD STRUMMING PATTERNS TO MY TABS*****\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMean Mary - Sierra Leone\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI found an old letter caught under a stone[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBy the sea in the lee of the cliffs, all alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIts pages were tattered from where it had blown[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo land from the hand of a sailor, unknown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere by the coast of Sierra Leone[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Dear Friend\", it read, \"I have missed you, you know[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen you walked and you talked with me so long ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI shoved you aside as I rushed to and fro[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFriend, my old friend, who never let go\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFriend, my old friend, who looked out for me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThrough squalls and long hauls, while I sailed the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI need your watchful eye at the prow[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI know that you know, I’m kneeling here now[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy ship hugs the rocks, and the gale’s my back door[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLashing and smashing and waging its war[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy crew man the lifeboat, please see them ashore[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll told, it won’t hold even one person more[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHere by Sierra Leone’s rocky floor[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nForgive my neglect, old friend, it was my loss [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wait for my fate as the ship starts to toss[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI feel the cold waters, I see the dark moss[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWill I sail through this gale or to heaven on a cross?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFriend, my old friend, who looked out for me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThrough squalls and long hauls, while I sailed the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI’ll take the wheel if you’ll ride the bow[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou know that I know, you’re standing here now[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs I stood on the rocks of Sierra Leone[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBy the sea, the blue sea of Sierra Leone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nClose by the spot where the letter had blown[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd thought for naught of the sailor, unknown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere by the coast of Sierra Leone[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen I saw old letters carved into the stone [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBy the sea, the blue sea of Sierra Leone[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\n'Thank you, old Friend', just those words, alone [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCarved there like a prayer by a sailor, unknown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHere on the coast of Sierra Leone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHere by the hand of a sailor, unknown[/tab]","plain_text":"*****DO NOT ADD STRUMMING PATTERNS TO MY TABS*****\n\n\n\nMean Mary - Sierra Leone\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nC\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nC\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]","chords":["C","G","F","Am","Em","Dm"],"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}