On Morecambe Bay

play with capo on 2 standard tuning morecambe bay Verse 1 . Dm out beyond the street lamp’s Am A and the calliope’s roar , Dm past the wrack and samphire , Am A beyond the shore , Dm i have seen walking through the tide Gm as the rain cuts through the spray , Dm chinese cockle pickers Am A on the sands of morecambe bay Dm i stood beside them in the corner shop Am A and in the market too Dm i should have spoken to them Am A told them everything i knew; Dm like our mothers told us Gm as we went out to play Dm never try and race the tide Am A on the sands of morecambe bay Dm for the tide’s the very devil , Gm it will run you out of breath , Dm race you to the sea shore , Am A chase you to your death , Dm yes the tide’s the very devil Gm and the devil has his day Dm Am A Dm on the lonley cockle grounds of morecambe bay Dm saw them sending money orders home Am A there hard earned pay Dm tales of crossing borders Am A on the road to morecambe bay; Dm sleeping in crouded rooms Gm on cold hard floors Dm sutch dreamless life Am A is not worth dieing for Dm now i see them in the distance Am A laid out in the morning light , Dm migrant workers , Am A twenty - three where drowned last night . Dm their final phone calls Gm half the world had crossed Dm between the river esureys Am A they raced the tide and lost . ’ Dm for the tide’s the very devil , Gm it will run you out of breath , Dm race you to the sea shore , Am A chase you to your death , Dm yes the tide’s the very devil Gm and the devil has his day Dm Am A Dm on the lonley cockle grounds of morecambe bay Dm in fujian and xelang Am they mourn their next of kin , Dm gang masters with snake tattoos , Am A call money lones back in Dm broken hearted parents Gm watch their children stow away , Dm to die among the Am A Dm cockle banks of morecome bay Dm for the tide’s the very devil , Gm and the devil has his day Dm Am A Dm on the lonley cockle grounds of morecambe bay