Fairport Convention – The Fossil Hunter (Guitar)

  C
A small girl is holding a carpenter's hand

                                     F
Their eyes are looking down on the sand

           C
Down on the sand

C
Holding a pebble that she's found

                                               F
He shows her secrets in this jewel from the ground

                 C
This jewel in the ground

G         Am      G          C
She sells shells upon the seashore

       G                C        G
Things slip through her hands so fast

    C            F          Bb
She won't find love anymore

                  C
Not find love any more

C
The winter's tales in Salem last

                                        F
The girl's a woman now, the childhood past

               C
The childhood's past

C
She sells her finds to those who'll buy

                            F
Lends a hand to those who try

            C
To those who try

G         Am      G          C
She sells shells upon the seashore

       G                C        G
Things slip through her hands so fast

    C            F          Bb
She won't find love anymore

                  C      Gm7
Not find love any more

C
Winter's fury throws waves ashore

                                  F
An unchanged flow of an ancient law

            C
This ancient law

C
Black then gives way to liquid jaws

                                 F
Millions of years to settle a score

             C
They settle a score

G         Am      G          C
She sells shells upon the seashore

       G                C        G
Things slip through her hands so fast

    C            F          Bb
She won't find love anymore

                  C
Not find love any more

G
Walking to a spot she knows

G
Where the land has slipped again

G
A hammer held tight in her hand

G                       C
She works on in the rain...

  C
A lighthouse beam bleeds into the sea

                               F
She moves the earth so patiently

          C
So patiently

C
A landmark of history she will find

                                   F
Her father's face appears in her mind

               C
He comes to her mind

G         Am      G          C
She sells shells upon the seashore

       G                C        G
Things slip through her hands so fast

    C            F          Bb
She won't find love anymore

                  C
Not find love any more

            Gm7     C
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee...

            Gm7     C
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee...

            Gm7     C
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee...

C                     Gm7
Mary is running by the sea

C                     Gm7
Mary is running by the sea

C                     Gm7
Mary is running by the sea

C                     Gm7
Mary is running by the sea