verse 1
C F C
Out on the Mira on warm afternoons,
G C F G
Old men go fishing with black line and spoons
C F C
And if they catch nothing they never complain,
C G C
And I wish I was with them again.
F C
Can you imagine a piece of the universe
G C
more fit for princes and kings?
F C
I'll trade you ten of your cities
C G D G
for Marion Bridge and the pleasure it brings
verse 2
C F C
As boys in their boats call to girls on the shore,
G C F G
Teasing the ones that they dearly adore,
C F C
And into the evening the courting begins,
C G C
And I wish I was with them again.
F C
Can you imagine a piece of the universe
G C
more fit for princes and kings?
F C
I'll trade you ten of your cities
C G D G
for Marion Bridge and the pleasure it brings
verse 3
C F C
Out on the Mira on soft summer nights
G C F G
Bonfires blaze to the Children's delight
C F C
They dance 'round the flames singing songs with their friends
C G C
And I wish I was with them again
F C
Can you imagine a piece of the universe
G C
more fit for princes and kings?
F C
I'll trade you ten of your cities
C G D G
for Marion Bridge and the pleasure it brings
verse 4
C F C
And over the ashes the stories are told
G C F G
Of witches and wearwolves and Oak Island Gold
C F C
The stars on the river they sparkle and Spin
C G C
And I wish I was with them again