Capo 2 http://www.the-unthanks.com/ Em Cold February and all is not well There's few will sleep easy this night Am G Down on the dockside, grim silent men standing Bm Am Em Under the pale yellow light Em Bm Em Bm There's scarcely a murmur and laughter there's none Em Bm Em Of whispering there's barely a sound Am G For their thoughts are away, down there in the bay Em Bm Em Where it's said that the Lairdsfield is down Gm F Bleak February a cruel bitter wind Eb Dm7 Stirs up the black briny foam Gm F Out there on the sea is no place to be Eb Dm7 Gm Far better by the fireside and warm Gm Dm7 Gm Am But not for the sailor the soft easy chair Gm Dm Gm He's out there earning his bread Cm Bb But tonight there are ten who'll work never again Gm Dm Gm Counted among the drowned dead Dm C Dark February a few flakes of snow Bb Am7 A Drift over bowed heads on the stray Dm C By the breakwater side and along by the Gare Bb Am Dm They wait for the first streaks of day Gm Dm Gm Am And over the sand-dunes and over the bar Gm Dm Gm See a few feet of keel nothing more Dm C Held fast in the sand with all of her hands Bb A Dm Barely two miles from the shore Em D Sad February and all is not well C G There's few will sleep easy this night Am B7 Down at the dockside, grim silent men standing C Am Em Under the pale yellow light Em Bm For down there at Teesmouth Em Am The Lairdsfield is drowned Em Bm Em And with her every man of her crew Am G Ten men who'll not see the springtime again Em Bm Em Nor yet see the cold winter through
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