WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Great Big Sea - Boston And St Johns Ukulele | Ver. 1
My first chording effort - apologies for errors, etc! Done from listening to the
album version, so no idea if this actually looks like the official version...
Note: the melody starts on a D, while the guitar is playing E minor. This feels
very wrong til you get used to it. I think it sounds better if you sit heavily on
the low end: you really want that underlying E - F - G on the low E string.
Chords used:
Em 022000
D/F 200230
G 320033
A x02220
Intro:
Em - D/F - G - (G)
Em - D/F - G - A
x2
[Oohs]
Verse 1:
Em D/F G
Girl don't tell me that it's morning
Em D/F G (A)
Can we keep the curtains drawn?
Em D/F G
I haven't given you fair warning
Em D/F G A
But our ship, it sails at dawn
Chorus:
D/F A G A
And it's true I must be going, but I swear it won't be long
D/F A G A
There isn't that much ocean between Boston and St. Johns
Em D/F A D/F (?)
I'm a rover, and I'm bound to sail away
G A (->Em...)
I'm a rover can you love me anyway?
[1x intro passage]
Verse 2:
Em D/F G
And if some suitor comes approaching
Em D/F G (A)
Will you let him through your door?
Em D/F G
What if I return half-broken?
Em D/F G A
Will you still love me any more?
Chorus:
D/F A G A
And it's true I must be going, but I swear it won't be long
D/F A G A
There isn't that much ocean between Boston and St. Johns
Em D/F A D/F (?)
I'm a rover, and I'm bound to sail away
G A (->Em...)
I'm a rover can you love me anyway?
[1x intro passage]
Bridge:
Em D/F
Close your eyes and dream
G A
And tell me what you see
D/F A
You can tell me what you want
G A
Just tell me that you'll wait for me
Em D/F G...
But oh... Don't tell me that it's morning... [repeat verse 1 & chorus]
[Outro - loop intro and get quieter. Last chord the Em?]
