{"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":2704575,"song":"Mrs Macdonalds Lament","artist":"Gordon Bok","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11526683-mrs-macdonalds-lament-chords-by-gordon-bok/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2704575?type=chord","rating":0.13573,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen the wind's away and the wave away[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]Eb[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat crazy old fool will go down on the bay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nDodging the ledges and setting his gear[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd come back when the wind drives him in[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Eb[/ch]                             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBut he knows full well the fishing is done[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]                                  [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHis credit's all gone and the winter is come[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]Cm[/ch]       [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nBut as sure as the tide will rise and run[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHe'll go back on the bay again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen the snow is down on the Western Bay[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]Eb[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat fool will go running the Fiddler's Ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                      [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nHauling his gear in the trough of the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\nAs if he'd no mind of his own[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Eb[/ch]                             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nYet he knows full well the fishing is done[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]                                  [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHis credit's all gone and the winter is come[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]Cm[/ch]       [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nBut as sure as the tide will rise and run[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHe'll go back on the bay again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell, his father's gone, and his brothers are gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                        [ch]Eb[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd still he goes down on the dark of the moon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nRowing the dory and setting the twine[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\nAnd it won't even pay for his time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Eb[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]Eb[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]Eb[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen the wind's away and the wave away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                      [ch]Eb[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOur children go down on the morning sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                        [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nThey go rowing their little boats out on the tide[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\nAnd they'll follow their foolish old man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Eb[/ch]                                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWell, you blind old fool, your children are gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Eb[/ch]                                   [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd you never would tell 'gm the fishing was done[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]Cm[/ch]            [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nTheir days were numbered the day they were born[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe same as their foolish old man[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nF   Bb\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nEb    Bb   Eb    Bb\nBb    Cm  Eb  Bb  F  Bb\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["F","Bb","Eb","Cm","Bb7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}