Biography:
Little Johnny England is an amazing folk-rock band in England. Their music is mainly original material made by the members - instrumentals are mostly composed by Gareth and Guy, and the lyrics are penned by PJ.
Current band members are, PJ Wright (slide guitar and vocals), Guy Fletcher (violin and vocals), Gareth Turner (melodian and vocals), Hugh Bunker (bass and vocals) and Mark Stevens (drums and vocals). Previous band mambers are Miranda Sykes (bass) and Trevor Foster (drums).
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
Bm D (repeat 4 times)
[Verse]
Bm D Bm
Just a cabin boy on a Whitby trader, Mediterranean Sea,
D
Bound for Malta strand
Bm G
The 15th day of June 1680,
D A G
The day my second life began.
[Verse]
Bm D Bm
We were caught and boarded by a Moorish galley,
D
The battle short, the outcome clear
Bm G
My shipmates died in pain, only I was spared
D A G
And sold in a market in Algiers
[Chorus]
A G
They say the fates of men are written on the wind
A G
no-one knows where they may blow
Bm D A G
I was taken in chains by a Barbary corsair
D G A
it was in Barbary I found
G
my Lily fair.
FILL FOR IN-BETWEEN VERSE and chorus (G chord into A chord)
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|---------------0----------------------|
A|-----0-2(h)---------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
[Verse]
Bm D Bm
But luck was with me, I found a kindly master
D
Learned to serve him and I served him well
Bm G
And with my new name, clothes and language,
D A G
I thought little of my homeland, truth to tell
Bm D Bm
And when my master died his testament did free me,
D
With a gift of gold besides
Bm G
I became a merchant, a man of consequence,
D A G
With everything a rich mans life provides
[Chorus]
A G
They say the fates of men are written on the wind
A G
no-one knows where they may blow
Bm D A G
I was taken in chains by a Barbary corsair
D G A
it was in Barbary I found
G
my Lily fair.
[Verse]
Bm D Bm
Then one day in the slavers market, wide-eyed and trembling,
D
There among the goods on show
Bm G
A frightened Cornish girl, snatched from hearth and home,
D A G
And pity in my heart did overflow
Bm D Bm
So I sent for gold and I bought her freedom,
D
Gave her shelter in my home
Bm G
And in a few short weeks, love between us grew,
D A G
From each others side we swore we'd never roam
[Chorus]
A G
They say the fates of men are written on the wind
A G
no-one knows where they may blow
Bm D A G
I was taken in chains by a Barbary corsair
D G A
it was in Barbary I found
G
my Lily fair.
[Verse]
Bm D Bm
But she missed her home, she missed her family,
D
Missed the deep green hills of England's shore
Bm G
So I knew I must leave my home of twenty years,
D A G
For I couldn't live without her anymore
Bm D Bm
Now before the wind, bound for northern waters,
D
Watching Barbary's coast subside
Bm G
Though no man may know just what the future holds,
D A G
I'll sail with Lily by my side
[Chorus]
A G
They say the fates of men are written on the wind
A G
no-one knows where they may blow
Bm D A G
I was taken in chains by a Barbary corsair
D G A
it was in Barbary I found
G
my Lily fair.
************************************
| (h) hammer on
************************************
Bm D (repeat 4 times)
[Verse]
Bm D Bm
Just a cabin boy on a Whitby trader, Mediterranean Sea,
D
Bound for Malta strand
Bm G
The 15th day of June 1680,
D A G
The day my second life began.
[Verse]
Bm D Bm
We were caught and boarded by a Moorish galley,
D
The battle short, the outcome clear
Bm G
My shipmates died in pain, only I was spared
D A G
And sold in a market in Algiers
[Chorus]
A G
They say the fates of men are written on the wind
A G
no-one knows where they may blow
Bm D A G
I was taken in chains by a Barbary corsair
D G A
it was in Barbary I found
G
my Lily fair.
FILL FOR IN-BETWEEN VERSE and chorus (G chord into A chord)
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|---------------0----------------------|
A|-----0-2(h)---------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
[Verse]
Bm D Bm
But luck was with me, I found a kindly master
D
Learned to serve him and I served him well
Bm G
And with my new name, clothes and language,
D A G
I thought little of my homeland, truth to tell
Bm D Bm
And when my master died his testament did free me,
D
With a gift of gold besides
Bm G
I became a merchant, a man of consequence,
D A G
With everything a rich mans life provides
[Chorus]
A G
They say the fates of men are written on the wind
A G
no-one knows where they may blow
Bm D A G
I was taken in chains by a Barbary corsair
D G A
it was in Barbary I found
G
my Lily fair.
[Verse]
Bm D Bm
Then one day in the slavers market, wide-eyed and trembling,
D
There among the goods on show
Bm G
A frightened Cornish girl, snatched from hearth and home,
D A G
And pity in my heart did overflow
Bm D Bm
So I sent for gold and I bought her freedom,
D
Gave her shelter in my home
Bm G
And in a few short weeks, love between us grew,
D A G
From each others side we swore we'd never roam
[Chorus]
A G
They say the fates of men are written on the wind
A G
no-one knows where they may blow
Bm D A G
I was taken in chains by a Barbary corsair
D G A
it was in Barbary I found
G
my Lily fair.
[Verse]
Bm D Bm
But she missed her home, she missed her family,
D
Missed the deep green hills of England's shore
Bm G
So I knew I must leave my home of twenty years,
D A G
For I couldn't live without her anymore
Bm D Bm
Now before the wind, bound for northern waters,
D
Watching Barbary's coast subside
Bm G
Though no man may know just what the future holds,
D A G
I'll sail with Lily by my side
[Chorus]
A G
They say the fates of men are written on the wind
A G
no-one knows where they may blow
Bm D A G
I was taken in chains by a Barbary corsair
D G A
it was in Barbary I found
G
my Lily fair.
************************************
| (h) hammer on
************************************
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