Strawbs - The man who would never leave grimsby

I was ^Amtold about a man who would ^Cnever leave ^DmGrimsby And that ^Fmay ^Csound ^Dmstrange But his ^Amheart was in that town with his ^Cfriends and his ^Dmfamily But to ^Fmake ^Chim ^Amleave Would be ^Fpain ^Cin^Dmdeed

Now he ^Amcould have toured the world, he was ^Chighly re^Dmspected But to ^Fmake ^Chim ^Dmgo Would be ^Amripping out his heart and ^Cleaving him ^Dmrestless So to ^Fsee ^Chim ^Amplay Go the ^FGrims^Cby ^Gway

‘Cause he ^Dm7has a little love,^C but he ^Fgives a lot of love ^D It doesn’t ^Gmatter where he ^Fis ^{Em G} If you’ve ^Dm7got a little love^C and you ^Fgive a lot of love ^D It doesn’t ^Gmatter where you are, it’s ^Fup to you ^EmYou could be in ^GGrimsby too ^{Dm7 G Dm7 G}

Got a ^Amletter from a boy from a ^Cvillage in ^DmKenya He was ^Fsuch ^Ca ^Dmfan So ^Amsmitten by the band, they ^Ccalled him the ^DmStrawbs Boy And that ^Fmade ^Chim ^Amproud He would ^Fplay ^Cus ^Dmloud

In the ^Amletter Lucky wrote that he’d ^Cbeen to Nai^Dmrobi Which I ^Ffound ^Cquite ^Dmsad Because he ^Amsaid he looked around, but he ^Ccouldn’t ^Dmsee me With a ^Ffaith ^Clike ^Amthat How I ^Fwish ^Che ^Ghad

Lucky ^Dm7had a little love^C and he ^Fgave a lot of love ^D Didn’t ^Gmatter where he ^Fwas ^{Em G} If you’ve ^Dm7got a little love^C and you ^Fgive a lot of love ^D It doesn’t ^Gmatter where you are, it’s ^Fup to you ^EmYou could be in ^GGrimsby too ^{Dm7 G}

If you ^Amever meet the man who would ^Cnever leave ^DmGrimsby Try to ^Fmake ^Chim ^Dmsee That the ^Amhome is in the heart and you ^Ccarry it ^Dmwith you You may ^Fne^Cver ^Amleave And your ^Fspi^Crit’s ^Gfree

If you've ^Dm7got little love^C and you ^Fgive a lot of love ^D Doesn’t ^Gmatter where you ^Fare ^{Em G} So, ^Dm7take a little love^C and you ^Fgive a lot of love ^D It doesn’t ^Gmatter where you are, it’s ^Fup to you ^EmYou could be in ^GGrimsby too ^{Dm7 Em F Dm G F Em G}