Year: 1995 - Album: Caribou
Written by Elton John/Bernie Taupin
Intro: Em D Em D Em D Em D C D G C/G G As I lay dreaming in my bed C G Am G D6 D Dsus4 D Across the great divide Am Em I thought I heard the trawler boats C Em D/F# Returning on the tide G C/G G And in this vision of my home C G Am G D6 D Dsus4 D The shingle beach did ring Am Em I saw the lights along the pier C Dadd9 D That made my senses sing Em Em/D D Oh oh Grimsby, a thousand delights E Couldn't match the sweet sights Am G D/F# Em D Of my Grimsby C Oh England you're fair G/B Am Am/G G D/F# Em Em/D D Dsus4 D But there's none to compare with my Grimsby Em Through nights of mad youth D C D I have loved every sluice in your harbour Em D And in your wild sands from boyhood to man C B7 Strangers have found themselves fathers Take me back you rustic town I miss your magic charm Just to smell your candy floss Or drink in the Skinners Arms No Cordon Bleu can match the beauty Of your pies and peas I want to ride your fairground Take air along the quay