I wish I had written them all in just three major chords, but then they would sound different and I wouldn't sing 'em. The typeface is Bembo, which is an old-fashioned typeface that was my favourite when I worked in Lewes in Sussex as a typesetter for veterinary tablet envelopes, using old lead type and spacings, and setting the letters one by one before printing them on a massive Heidelberg letterpress machine. Offsprog One showed me how to download it from the internet. It has a lovely open look to it without looking like a children's book typeface.
This is what I'm doing:
Em7 F#m7
Bm7
Green, green sea that kisses the
horizon,
Am Em F#m7
Bm7
The crescent and the cross walk hand in
hand.
Em7 F#m7 Bm7
Blue, blue skies to feast your eyes on
Am Em F#m7 Bm7 Em7
The wonders of the world are sketched
in sand.
Em7 F#m7 Bm7
Lie down lie let the sun caress you,
Am Em F#m7 Bm7
People of the world, in the heart of
the beast.
Em7
F#m7 Bm7
Holiday to calm and rest you
Am Em F#m7 Bm7 Em7
What could ever drown your sleep in
peace?
Em7 F#m7 Bm7
The sea,
Em7 F#m7 Bm7
The sea,
Em7 F#m7 Bm7
The sea,
Em7 F#m7 Bm7
The sea.
Em7 F#m7 Bm7
Green, green sea that kisses the
horizon,
Am Em F#m7
Bm7
The crescent and the cross walk hand in
hand.
Em7 F#m7 Bm7
Blue, blue skies to feast your eyes on
Am Em F#m7 Bm7 Em7
The wonders of the world are sketched
in sand.
Em7 F#m7 Bm7
The sea,
Em7 F#m7 Bm7
The sea,
Em7 F#m7 Bm7
The sea,
Em7 F#m7 Bm7
The sea.
A7
The crescent and the cross walk hand in
hand
Em
Hand in hand in hand.
A7
Take a souvenir from the contraband
F#m7 Bm7
Of this promised land;
Em7 F#m7 Bm7
The sea,
Em7 F#m7 Bm7
The sea,
Em7 F#m7 Bm7
The sea,
Em7 F#m7 Bm7
The sea.
Em7 F#m7 Bm7
Fight man fight to get to the shore
Am Em F#m7 Bm7
The crashing of the waves, the battling
swell;
Em7 F#m7 Bm7
Bursting boats can’t take any more
Am Em F#m7 Bm7 Em7
While the monsters in the deckchairs
curse you to hell.
Em7 F#m7 Bm7
“Go home!
Em7 F#m7 Bm7
Go home!
Em7 F#m7 Bm7
Go home to your war
Em7 F#m7 Bm7
zone!”
Em7 F#m7 Bm7
Green, green sea that kisses the
horizon,
Am Em F#m7
Bm7
The crescent and the cross walk hand in
hand.
Em7 F#m7 Bm7
Blue, blue skies to feast your eyes on
Am Em F#m7
Bm7 Em7
The wonders of the world are sketched
in sand.
Copyright Helen McCookerybook, 2017
Copyright Helen McCookerybook, 2017
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