Matthew Flinders

Intro D G D G [Verso 1] D G D Born in County Lincolnshire in the heart of England fair The son of a doctor A and his wife D G D I chose to go to sea against the wishes of my friends And at fifteen years A joined the Royal Navy D A G Of all the maps and charts I would draw There's one more mark D A Asus4 Upon the earth that I am fighting for [Refrão] A G D G My name is Matthew Flinders I'm an explorer of this world The very same D one that has swallowed me G D A D I lie here in this unmarked clay Never to be found in London town In London G D town {Inst} D G D G [Verso 2] G D G D For many years I've sailed the oceans of this world The first man to map A all of Australia D G D And I'm a man of science caught in a time of war Trapped between the old A world and the new G D A G D Of all the maps and charts I would draw There's one more mark upon the earth A Asus4 that I am fighting for [Refrão] G D G My name is Matthew Flinders I'm an explorer of this world The very same one D that has swallowed me G I lie here in this D A Asus4 D Unmarked clay Never to be found in London town In London town G A Two hundred years have passed Bm7 G D Asus4 Since I was at the mosque And I've spared them lying under Euston Square G A Em7 D Gmaj7 G No compass point or lighthouse could ever guide the way To an A unmarked grave Asus4 D In London town [Verso 3] Dsus4 G D The irony is there in the story of my death A man of maps with no final A location D G D Identified by the lead that bears my name This sailor boy still at his A final station [Refrão] G A G And of all the maps and charts I would draw There's one more mark upon the Asus4 A earth that I am fighting for G D Bm7 G Oh my name is Matthew Flinders I'm an explorer of this world The very same D one that has swallowed me G D A D I lie here in this unmarked clay Never to be found in London town In London town Outro G D G D