Isle Of St Helena chords by Mary Black

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G C G  C G  C G  D

Verse:
  G    C      D      G     C
Now Boney's away from his warring and fighting
    G     C      D      G     C
He has gone to a place where nought can delight him
    G  D    Em C     G       D
He may sit now and tell__ of the sights he has seen of
     G  D    Em C     D       G  C G  C G
While forlorn he does mourn on the Isle of St. Helena

Verse:
  G      C        D       G     C
No more in St. Claude will he appear in great splendour
     G       C       D     G   C
Nor step forth from the crowd like the great Alexander
    G  D   Em C      G      D
He may look to the east__, while he thinks on Lucana
     G   D    Em C     D       G  C G  C G
With his heart full of woe__ on the Isle of St. Helena

Verse:
  G       C        D         G    C
The wild, rushing waves 'round our shores, they're a-washing
    G       C      D        G    C
And the white billows heave on our rocks, they're a-lashing
    G  D    Em C     G       D
He may look o'er the main__ to the great Mount Diana
     G  D   Em C      D      G  C G  C G
With his eyes on the waves__ that surround St. Helena

Instrumental:
G  C  D  G C G  C  D  G C
G D Em C G  D
G D Em C D  G C

Verse:
    G   C        D     G    C
Louise as she weeps, from her husband is parted
    G        C      D      G     C
And she dreams while she sleeps and awakes broken-hearted
     G  D   Em  C        G        D
There is none to console her, though there's many would be with her
    G  D    Em C      D        G  C G  C G
While alone she does mourn when she thinks of St. Helena

Verse:
    G       C     D     G    C
So all you that have wealth, beware of ambition
      G       C        D       G    C
For there's some twist of fate could soon change your condition
  G  D    Em C       G        D
Be steadfast in time__, what's to come, change you cannot
     G  D     Em C     D       G  C G  C G
For maybe your race will end__ on the Isle of St. Helena

Outro:
G  C  D  G C G  C  D  G C
G D Em C G  D
G D Em C D  G C G  C G  C G