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Stay on My Shore
By Joan Shelley
[Intro]
E
(On the E chord throughout the song, there's an intermittent fill that’s 0h2 on the lower E string and 0h2 on 
the A string.)
[Verse]
EStay on my shore, and don’t desert me
EAnd if you go, the wind will blow you back to me
And if your C#mboat is Bbroken Aout on the Erocks
It wasn’t Banger Abut a Elonging
[Verse 2]
EWe feed the birds, syrup and seed
ESo they stay near, so we can see
C#mFlashing Bred and Ablue amid the Egreen
When the Bfruit has Along since Erotten
Rolled in the Bneedles and Awrecked our Eskin
Gave it Ball to be AemptyE  
Wrapped in Bleaves, wet and cAlingiEng
In reF#meds, so holBy
[Interlude]
     F#m        B
     F#m        B
     F#m        B
     F#m        B
[Verse 3]
We split the Ecord
EOf cedar and holly
EAnd lie indoors
ELet the smoke do the cleaning
And C#msweeten our sBkin with the Asalt and a Estone
There’s the Bpages Aof our Estory
[Outro]
     F#m        B
     F#m        B

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Stay On My Shore

by Joan Shelley

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C#m

F#m

Stay on My Shore

By Joan Shelley

[Intro]

(On the E chord throughout the song, there's an intermittent fill that’s 0h2 on the lower E string and 0h2 on

the A string.)

[Verse]

Stay on my shore, and don’t desert me

And if you go, the wind will blow you back to me

C#m B A E

And if your boat is broken out on the rocks

B A E

It wasn’t anger but a longing

[Verse 2]

We feed the birds, syrup and seed

So they stay near, so we can see

C#m B A E

Flashing red and blue amid the green

B A E

When the fruit has long since rotten

B A E

Rolled in the needles and wrecked our skin

B A E

Gave it all to be empty

B A E

Wrapped in leaves, wet and clinging

F#m B

In reeds, so holy

[Interlude]

F#m B

[Verse 3]

We split the cord

Of cedar and holly

And lie indoors

Let the smoke do the cleaning

C#m B A E

And sweeten our skin with the salt and a stone

B A E

There’s the pages of our story

[Outro]

F#m B

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