The Fishermans Daughter keyboard

The Fishermans Daughter

• Em

A fantastic singer from Northern Ireland! Check him out on facebook :)
I wrote down a version with easier chords. The original version is two half-steps down so just use the
transpose-tool on the top left corner if you wanna play it like Mike Donaghy! Otherwise you'd have to 
play it with a capo on the 10th fret which is a bit too high in my opinion :D


Intro: Em C D G G 

       G                         C
As the children they play in the corner
        D                           G     D
and the laughter it fills the whole street.
          Em                     C
There's a man that stands by the boathouse
       D                         G          
with a daughter that I'd like to meet.


          C                    D
She's got long brown hair that shines like the sun
      G                D             Em
and a skirt that comes down past her knees.
    C                         G
Her smile is as bright as the mornin'
    D                   G
her eyes as blue as the sea.


      C                          D
And I asked her her name and she turned with a smile
           G          D              Em
and said: "Stranger I don't know you yet."
         C                          G
I said: "There's no such thing as a stranger
     D                       G
just friends that we haven't met."


    G                   C
Her neck is home to her necklace
         D                       G     D
with the cross of our lord Jesus Christ.
      Em                       C
And I asked her if she was religious
                D                    G
she said: "I'll let you know later tonight."


       C                         D
As she spoke of the past and the trouble she had
        G             D           Em
I could tell that she hurt deep inside.
         C                          G
I said: "Darling I'll take all your heartache
    D                       G
and never will I leave your side."


Interlude: Em C D G G


   G                              C
We walked in the rain through the forest
       D                      G    D
as the moon did its best to appear.
    Em                          C
She said: "We should start to go home now."
     D                    G
Then said she was happier here.


C                    D
Home is a place that I don't see much.
       G              D         Em
It's a place that I'd rather forget.
         C                        G
And it's nice to have people like you here
   D                     G
to take my mind off my regrets.


           G                        C
And as the sun rose I looked out my window
        D                       G    D
and the fishermans daughter was gone.
    Em                        C
She didn't leave clues of her actions
    D                       G
she did say she had to move on.


         C                       D
And I'll miss you my darling and I wish you well
      G                D            Em
and I hope that you'll find peace inside.
   C                        G
If ever when you're feeling lonely
     D                           G
just know that I'm right by your side.


      C                       D
And I'll miss you my darling and I wish you well
      G                D            Em
and I hope that you'll find peace inside.
   C                        G
If ever when you're feeling lonely
     D                           G
just know that I'm right by your side.


   C                        G
If ever when you're feeling lonely
     D                           G
just know that I'm right by your side.

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