Rollin' Of the Sea - The Irish Descendants
Tabbed by Evan Peters - ebpeters@dal.ca
23/09/2002

Intro

Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1)C (x32010@1)Bm (x24432@1)
Verse
        E (022100@1)                        A (x02220@1)      
Oh I hear the fifes a playin' high above the misty headlines.
        E (022100@1)                           F#m (244222@1)          BA-hum (x2444x@1)the drums are drummin' down the long and briny shore.
        E (022100@1)                               A (x02220@1)   
My heart knows what they're sayin' get in step and follow me boy.
        E (022100@1)                                 B (x2444x@1)               EIt's (022100@1)a song that they've been singin' for a thousand years or more.


Intro


Chorus
       E (022100@1)                    A (x02220@1)  
Oh the rollin' of the sea, is beckonin' to me.
       E (022100@1)                                      F#m (244222@1)      BI (x2444x@1)say come my son, I'll show you things, you've never seen before.
       E (022100@1)                        ACome (x02220@1)set your spirit free, on the winds of history.
E (022100@1)                                                   BHoist (x2444x@1)your sails, and charge a course, and go out and explore.
       E (022100@1)                    AOh (x02220@1)the rollin' of the sea, is beckonin' to me.
E (022100@1)                                B (x2444x@1) E (022100@1)Come home to Newfoundland and Labrador-or.


Solo

E:------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:---------------9---------9-------------------------9-9------9-9---------|
G:----------9-11---11-9-11---11-9---------------9-11-----11-9-----11-9-11-|
D:--9-9-9-9-----------------------11----9-9-9-9---------------------------|
A:------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E:---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:---------------9---------9-------------------------9-9---------9-----|
G:----------9-11---11-9-11---11-9---------------9-11-----11-9-11---11-9|
D:--9-9-9-9-----------------------11----9-9-9-9------------------------|
A:---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:---------------------------------------------------------------------|


Bridge
          A (x02220@1)           E (022100@1)        F#m (244222@1)         AWell (x02220@1)I've always been a rover, I'd never settled down.
  A (x02220@1)                      E (022100@1)       F#m (244222@1)          BI (x2444x@1)searched the whole world over, for things I never found.
      A (x02220@1)            E (022100@1)            F#m (244222@1)             ANow (x02220@1)I hear the ocean callin' with a voice so loud and strong.
E (022100@1)             A (x02220@1)           A (x02220@1)          B (x2444x@1) ECome (022100@1)on back to Newfoundland, that's where you belong.


Intro


Chorus w/ key change (repeat and fade-out)
       D (xx0232@1)                    G (320003@1)  
Oh the rollin' of the sea, is beckonin' to me.
       D (xx0232@1)                                      Em (022000@1)       AI (x02220@1)say come my son, I'll show you things, you've never seen before.
       D (xx0232@1)                        GCome (320003@1)set your spirit free, on the winds of history.
D (xx0232@1)                                                   AHoist (x02220@1)your sails, and charge a course, and go out and explore.
       D (xx0232@1)                    GOh (320003@1)the rollin' of the sea, is beckonin' to me.
D (xx0232@1)                                A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)Come home to Newfoundland and Labrador-or.
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