{"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":1974879,"song":"Great Selchie Of Shule Skerry","artist":"Judy Collins","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1974879-great-selchie-of-shule-skerry-chords-by-judy-collins/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1974879?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Judy Collins - Great Selchie Of Shule Skerry\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 5th Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n     \r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn Norway, there sits a maid[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor you, my baby, she begins[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLittle know I my child's father[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr if land or sea he's livin' in[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen there arose at her bed-feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd a grumbly guest, I'm sure it was he[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaying, here am I, thy child's father[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAlthough that I am not comely[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI am a man upon the land[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]       \r\nI am a selchie in the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd when I am in my own country[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy dwellin' is in Shule Skerry[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he hath taken a purse of gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe hath put it upon her knee[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaying give to me my little wee son[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd take thee up thy nurse's fee[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it shall come to pass on a summer day[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nWhen the sun shines hot on every stone[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat I shall take my little wee son[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll teach him for to swim in the foam[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you will marry a gunner good[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nAnd a proud good gunner I'm sure he'll be[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he'll go out on a May morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he will kill both my wee son and me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd lo, she did marry a gunner good[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nAnd a proud good gunner I'm sure it was he[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the very first shot that ere he did shoot[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe killed the son and the great selchie[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn Norway, there sits a maid[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor you, my baby, she begins[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLittle know I my child's father[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr if land or sea he's livin' in[/tab]","plain_text":"Judy Collins - Great Selchie Of Shule Skerry\n\n\nCAPO: 5th Fret\n\n\n     \n[Intro]\nG  F  G  F  G\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]","chords":["G","F","Am","C","Dm","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]},"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]}}}