John Smith - Salty And Sweet Ukulele

Capo III

C F C

F                          C
I'm a fishing girl, just a lonely girl
            F               C
The town in which I live is breaking water
          F                  C
I told my mother, my violent brother
         F                       G
All they give to me is reason to leave

F  C

        F                      C
Imagine my surprise, a pair of ancient eyes
           F              C
Set into a face as old as land
             Dm                       Am
He stands in front of me, he came out of the sea
           F                           G
He says it hurts his skin to touch the sand

               F                        C
He crawls back into the sea, the air is salty and sweet
           F                C
A backward glance by way of invitation
       Dm                             Am
I'm in now up to my knees, the air is salty and sweet
              F                    C G
I'll leave my dress by way of explanation

F C F C

       F                                     C
My man don't care for clothes, the things he does not own
           F                           C
They never trouble him, never give him grief
              Dm                       Am
cause he's as soft as silk, as pure as baby milk
           F                     G
And harder than earth that he so scorns


               F                        C
He crawls back into the sea, the air is salty and sweet
           F                C
A backward glance by way of invitation
       Dm                             Am
I'm in now up to my knees, the air is salty and sweet
              F                    C G
I'll leave my dress by way of explanation

F C F C Dm Am F C G C