The Escape Chords by Chris De Burgh

[G] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ So it began, the story how Elsevier would look after John as his own, [Am] and the smugglers
betrayed on Moonfleet Bay [E] by Maskew looking [D] now at [Em] Elsevier's gun. _ _
_ _ _ [G] Then a shot rang out
in [D] the morning light.
_ [Em] Maskew fell, [B] a hole between his eyes, but it [Em] was his own man [Am] who
brought him down, and [B] they also got [Em] poor John, oh, [D] they also shot [Em] poor John. _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] Oh, [G] _ [D] it's a dangerous
[Em]
world, boys, oh, [G] _ [D] with a smuggling [Em]
crew.
[C] Oh, [G] _ [D] it's a dangerous [Em]
life, boys, when [D] you're running from
the [Em] revenue, _ when you're running [D] from the [Em] revenue.
_ _ _ _ _ _ And so to escape, it came now for Elsevier to pick
up the boy [G] and carry [Em] him away, [Am] for he could not walk with a bullet in the [Em] leg, and they made for
the safety [D] of the [Em] purbeck _ case.
_ _ _ [G] It was there that John [D] would read one night, [Em] the words in the locket [B] by
_ candlelight, [Em] for the Bible [A] verses held the key [B] to Blackbeard's [Em] hidden treasure [D] at the bottom of a
[Em] castle well. _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] Oh, [D] it's a [Em] dangerous world, [C] boys, [G] oh, [D] in a [Em] smuggler's life.
[C] Oh, [G] _ [D] in the days of [Em] our age, boys, that's [D] where the secret of the treasure [Em]
lies.
That's [D] where the secret of the treasure [Em] _
_ lies.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
That's where [D] the secret of the treasure [Em] lies.
That's where [D] the secret of the treasure [Em] lies. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm]
Oh, [D] we're going to be rich, boys, [A] the treasure we will [Em] find.
_ Blackbeard's [Bm] not dancing here tonight.
Yes, we're going to be rich, [A] boys, the treasure we will find.
Oh, we're going to be rich, boys, the treasure we will find. _ _ _ _