On Morecambe Bay

Play with capo on 2 Standard Tuning Morecambe Bay Verse 1. Dm Out beyond the street lamp's Am A And the calliope's roar, Dm Past the wrack and samphire, Am A Beyond the shore, Dm I have seen walking through the tide Gm As the rain cuts through the spray, Dm Chinese Cockle pickers Am A On the sands of Morecambe Bay Dm I stood beside them in the corner shop Am A And in the market too Dm I should have spoken to them Am A Told them everything I knew; Dm Like our mothers told us Gm As we went out to play Dm Never try and race the tide Am A On the sands of Morecambe Bay Dm For the tide's the very devil, Gm It will run you out of breath, Dm Race you to the sea shore, Am A Chase you to your death, Dm Yes the tide's the very devil Gm And the devil has his day Dm Am A Dm On the lonley cockle grounds of Morecambe Bay Dm Saw them sending money orders home Am A There hard earned pay Dm Tales of crossing borders Am A On the road to Morecambe Bay; Dm Sleeping in crouded rooms Gm On cold hard floors Dm Sutch dreamless life Am A Is not worth dieing for Dm Now I see them in the distance Am A Laid out in the morning light, Dm Migrant workers, Am A Twenty-three where drowned last night. Dm Their final phone calls Gm Half the world had crossed Dm Between the river esureys Am A They raced the tide and lost.' Dm For the tide's the very devil, Gm It will run you out of breath, Dm Race you to the sea shore, Am A Chase you to your death, Dm Yes the tide's the very devil Gm And the devil has his day Dm Am A Dm On the lonley cockle grounds of Morecambe Bay Dm In Fujian and Xelang Am They mourn their next of kin, Dm Gang masters with snake tattoos, Am A Call money lones back in Dm Broken hearted parents Gm Watch their children stow away, Dm To die among the Am A Dm Cockle banks of Morecome Bay Dm For the tide's the very devil, Gm And the devil has his day Dm Am A Dm On the lonley cockle grounds of Morecambe Bay