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