Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
Intro:
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B-1p0----1---1-0-----0-----0--|
G---- 0----0------0-----0-----| play a few times then begin strumming verse 1
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A-----------------------------|
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Verse 1:
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D G C G
Should you wander this land to the North,
Em C G C G
And few seldom do,
D G C G
Should you follow the song of the gull
Em C G C G
To enchanted western isles,
Em G C G
Coax a fisherman to take you out
Em C G C G
Where the silky seals are seen,
Em G C G
Hear the stories that they tell about
Prechorus:
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Em A
The maiden who is their queen,
D(mute the high e string) G C G
The maiden who is their queen.
Chorus 1st
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Em G C G
Celia of the seals,
Em Bm(strum)
She knows just how they feel,
C G C G
Celia of the seals.
Interlude 1: (just picking the open chords)
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G Em
"Voyna, voyna, voyna, voyna voyna vay"
G Em Bm (one strum down)
"Voyna, voyna, voyna, voyna voyna vay"
Bridge:
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C G
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B--------------------------1--3---|
G--5--4--2-----------------0--0---|
D------------4---4-5-------2--0---|
A--------------------------3--2---|
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E-----------(2)-(2-3)------3--3---|
Verse 2:
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D G C G
Seal hunters are not brave and bold,
Em C G C G
They murder her poor wee seals
D G C G
And cut off their skins to be sold,
Em C G C G
Cursed be he who deals.
Em G C G
There's no reason for this slaughtering,
Em C G C G
They're left on the rocks to bleed
Em G C G
He's not a man who does this thing,
Prechorus:
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Em A
It's a cruel and a heartless deed,
D G C G
A cruel and a-heartless deed.
Chorus 2:
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Em G C G
Celia of the seals,
Em Bm(strum)
She knows just how they feel,
C(ring) G C G
Celia of the seals.
C(ring) G C G
Celia of the seals,
C(ring) G C G
Celia of the seals,
Em Bm(strum)
She knows just how they feel,
C(ring) G C G
Celia of the seals,
C(ring) G C G
Celia of the seals,
C(ring) G C G
Celia of the seals,
Interlude 2 / End: (picking the open chords)
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G Em
"Voyna, voyna, voyna, voyna voyna vay"
G Em
"Voyna, voyna, voyna, voyna voyna vay"
fade out:
G Em
"Voyna, voyna, voyna, voyna voyna vay"
