AmGAmEm
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
AmGAm
Tri Martolod so young, they sailed away to sea
GAmEm
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
AmGAm
Tri Martolod so young, they set sail from Brittany
[Chorus]
GAmEm
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
AmGAm
Tri Martolod so young, they sailed away to sea
GAmEm
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
AmGAm
Tri Martolod so young, they set sail from Brittany
[Verse]
C
A storm began as they set sail
D7FG
The waves swelled high around them
AmC
The winds were strong, the journey long
D7FE
They landed in Newfoundland
[Chorus]
AmGAmEm
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
AmGAm
Tri Martolod so young, they sailed away to sea
GAmEm
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
AmGAm
Tri Martolod so young, they set sail from Brittany
[Verse]
C
They anchored down beside a mill
D7FG
And met a girl who worked there
AmC
She said to one, "I know you well
D7FE
For once you were my lover"
[Chorus]
AmGAmEm
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
AmGAm
Tri Martolod so young, they sailed away to sea
GAmEm
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
AmGAm
Tri Martolod so young, they set sail from Brittany
[Verse]
C
"The ring you bought in Nantes for me
D7FG
And promised we would marry
AmC
I waited for a year or more
D7FE
Why so long did you tarry?"
[Chorus]
AmGAmEm
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
AmGAm
Tri Martolod so young, they sailed away to sea
GAmEm
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
AmGAm
Tri Martolod so young, they set sail from Brittany
[Verse]
C
"I was, they said, too poor to wed
D7FG
And could no longer see you
AmC
One day, three martolod, we fled
D7FE
The storm it blew us to you"
[Instrumental]
AmGAmEmAmGAmAmGAmEmAmGAm
[Chorus]
AmGAmEm
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
AmGAm
Tri Martolod so young, they sailed away to sea
GAmEm
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
AmGAm
Tri Martolod so young, they set sail from Brittany
[Verse]
C
"Your destiny is here with me
D7FG
Our love will always feed us
AmC
We'll live like birds, so wild and free
D7FE
Wherever life may lead us"
[Chorus]
AmGAmEm
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
AmGAm
Tri Martolod so young, they sailed away to sea
GAmEm
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
AmGAm
Tri Martolod so young, they did sail away, did sail away, did sail away to sea