"Ferry Cross the Mersy" (Marsden--Dick James Music, Inc./BMI) Chords for guitar by Dermot Whittaker -------------------------------------------------------------- VERSE 1 E E D D Life - - - goes on day af-ter E E E E day - - - E E D D Hearts - - - torn in e - - 'vry E E E E way - - - So - CHORUS 1 E E G#m G#m fer - ry - - cross the Mer - sey - - 'cause this F#m F#m B B land's - - - -the place I love - - - - and here I'll E E E E stay - - - - - - - - ~~~~~~~VERSE 2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E E D D Peo - - - -ple they rush every- E E E E where - - - E E D D each - - - with their own se-cret E E E E care - - - So - CHORUS 2 E E G#m G#m fer - ry - - cross the Mer - sey - - - and F#m F#m B B al - - - - -ways take me there - - the place I E E E E love - - - ~~~~~~~BRIDGE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ F#m B E G#m, Gm* People a- -round every cor-ner - - - F#m B E E they seem to smile and say - - - F#m B G#m G#m "We don't care what your name is, boy, F#maj F#maj B B we'll never turn you a- -way." - - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VERSE 3 E E D D So - o - o I'll con - tin -ue to E E E E say - - - E E D D Here - - - I - - al - ways will E E E E stay. - - - So - CHORUS 3 E E G#m G#m fer - ry - - cross the Mer - sey - - 'cause this F#m F#m B B land's - - - -the place I love - - - - and here I'll E E E E stay - - - - - - - - - and here I'll E E D D stay - - - - - - - - - here I'll E E D D stay - - - - - - - - - E *passing chord ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BAR CHART INTRO: |E |D |E |D |E |D |E |D |E |D |E |D |E |D |E |D VERSE: |E |E |D |D |E |E |E |E |E |E |D |D |E |E |E |E CHORUS: |E |E |G#m |G#m |F#m |F#m |B |B |E |E |E |E BRIDGE: |F#m |B |E |G#m, Gm* |F#m |B |E |E |F#m |B |G#m |G#m |F#maj |F#maj |B |B *passing chord ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE FOR GUITARISTS: The slide intro starts on B -- two B's played an octave apart, one on the sixth string, 7th fret, one on the fourth string, 9th fret. The repeating E-D guitar riff in the recorded version can be done by playing a barred E chord at the seventh fret and then releasing the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th strings, resulting in a D chord with the E bass string continuing to sound.