Verse 1:
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D# G# C# G#
Should you wander this land to the North,
Fm C# G# C# G#
And few seldom do,
D# G# C# G#
Should you follow the song of the gull
Fm C# G# C# G#
To enchanted western isles,
Fm G# C# G#
Coax a fisherman to take you out
Fm C# G# C# G#
Where the silky seals are seen,
Fm G# C# G#
Hear the stories that they tell about
Prechorus:
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Fm A#
The maiden who is their queen,
D(mute the high F string) G# C# G#
The maiden who is their queen.
Chorus 1st
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Fm G# C# G#
Celia of the seals,
Fm Bm(strum)
She knows just how they feel,
C# G# C# G#
Celia of the seals.
Interlude 1: (just picking the open chords)
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G# Fm
"Voyna, voyna, voyna, voyna voyna vay"
G# Fm Cm (one strum down)
"Voyna, voyna, voyna, voyna voyna vay"
Bridge:
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C# G#
e--------------------------0--3---|
B--------------------------1--3---|
G--5--4--2-----------------0--0---|
D------------4---4-5-------2--0---|
A--------------------------3--2---|
E-----------(2)-(2-3)------3--3---|
Verse 2:
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D# G# C# G#
Seal hunters are not brave and bold,
Fm C# G# C# G#
They murder her poor wee seals
D# G# C# G#
And cut off their skins to be sold,
Fm C# G# C# G#
Cursed be he who deals.
Fm G# C# G#
There's no reason for this slaughtering,
Fm C# G# C# G#
They're left on the rocks to bleed
Fm G# C# G#
He's not a man who does this thing,
Prechorus:
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Fm A#
It's a cruel and a heartless deed,
D# G# C# G#
A# cruel and a-heartless deed.
Chorus 2:
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Fm G# C# G#
Celia of the seals,
Fm Bm(strum)
She knows just how they feel,
C(ring) G# C# G#
Celia of the seals.
C(ring) G# C# G#
Celia of the seals,
C(ring) G# C# G#
Celia of the seals,
Fm Bm(strum)
She knows just how they feel,
C(ring) G# C# G#
Celia of the seals,
C(ring) G# C# G#
Celia of the seals,
C(ring) G# C# G#
Celia of the seals,
Interlude 2 / End: (picking the open chords)
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G# Fm
"Voyna, voyna, voyna, voyna voyna vay"
G# Fm
"Voyna, voyna, voyna, voyna voyna vay"
fade out:
G# Fm
"Voyna, voyna, voyna, voyna voyna vay"