Shellfish
Gordon Lightfoot
Off The Album Harmony
Capo 2nd Fret

[Intro]  (Am)  (C)  (G)  (Am)  (C7)  (F)

(Am) Even if you're (C) sure before (G) you begin to (Am) cry
Never (C7) rest until you (F) find what is (C) best to be for(Em)got
Let it (F) float off in the (Dm) night be(G)neath the moon
So (C) brightly shining (Em) down on the (C7) steeples of the (F) town
You (G) must not be downhearted over (C) things you left undone
You got (Am) faith, to (Em) tell you all is (Am) well
And you (Em) know you'd best not (F) stop, (Am) there's still a ways to (C7) go (Am)

Even if you're sure before you begin to sigh
Let me show my way is best on the wayward side tonight
Let a planet be your guide above the fields
Beside the sleeping town, when the work is all shut down
You will not be outsmarted by that song you left undone
You got faith, to make your world take flight
There is still a ways to go, 'bout a thousand miles or so

Even if you're sure before you begin to smile
Let it happen on its own like the shellfish in the sea
I'm as selfish as can be, when it comes down to me
And all of my kin, all they want to do is win
You will not be deserted by old friends you left alone
You got faith to make you meet the cost
And you know you'd best not wait, he who hesitates is lost

(Am) So even if you're (C) sure

(G)  (Am)  (C7)  (F)  (Am)  (Em)  (F)  (Dm)

It's so (G) easy to be shellfish in the (C) sea