Fairport Convention – The Fossil Hunter chords

[Intro]
C   Gm7

[Verse]
  CA small girl is holding a carpenter's hand
                                     FTheir eyes are looking down on the sand
           CDown on the sand

[Verse]
CHolding a pebble that she's found
                                               FHe shows her secrets in this jewel from the ground
                 CThis jewel in the ground

[Chorus]
G         Am      G          CShe sells shells upon the seashore
       G                C        GThings slip through her hands so fast
    C            F          BbShe won't find love anymore
                  CNot find love any more

[Verse]
CThe winter's tales in Salem last
                                        FThe girl's a woman now, the childhood past
               CThe childhood's past

[Verse]
CShe sells her finds to those who'll buy
                            FLends a hand to those who try
            CTo those who try

[Chorus]
G         Am      G          CShe sells shells upon the seashore
       G                C        GThings slip through her hands so fast
    C            F          BbShe won't find love anymore
                  C      Gm7Not find love any more

[Verse]
CWinter's fury throws waves ashore
                                  FAn unchanged flow of an ancient law
            CThis ancient law

[Verse]
CBlack then gives way to liquid jaws
                                 FMillions of years to settle a score
             CThey settle a score

[Chorus]
G         Am      G          CShe sells shells upon the seashore
       G                C        GThings slip through her hands so fast
    C            F          BbShe won't find love anymore
                  CNot find love any more

[Instrumental]
C   Gm7   C   Gm7   G

[Bridge]
GWalking to a spot she knows
GWhere the land has slipped again
GA hammer held tight in her hand
G                       CShe works on in the rain...

[Instrumental]
C   Gm7   C   Gm7   C   Gm7   C   Gm7

[Verse]
  CA lighthouse beam bleeds into the sea
                               FShe moves the earth so patiently
          CSo patiently

[Verse]
CA landmark of history she will find
                                   FHer father's face appears in her mind
               CHe comes to her mind

[Chorus]
G         Am      G          CShe sells shells upon the seashore
       G                C        GThings slip through her hands so fast
    C            F          BbShe won't find love anymore
                  CNot find love any more

[Outro]
C   Gm7   C   Gm7   C
            Gm7     CDee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee...
            Gm7     CDee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee...
            Gm7     CDee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee...

C   Gm7   C   Gm7
C                     Gm7Mary is running by the sea
C                     Gm7Mary is running by the sea
C                     Gm7Mary is running by the sea
C                     Gm7Mary is running by the sea