C Gm7 [Verse] C A small girl is holding a carpenter's hand F Their eyes are looking down on the sand C Down on the sand [Verse] C Holding a pebble that she's found F He shows her secrets in this jewel from the ground C This jewel in the ground [Chorus] G Am G C She sells shells upon the seashore G C G Things slip through her hands so fast C F Bb She won't find love anymore C Not find love any more [Verse] C The winter's tales in Salem last F The girl's a woman now, the childhood past C The childhood's past [Verse] C She sells her finds to those who'll buy F Lends a hand to those who try C To those who try [Chorus] G Am G C She sells shells upon the seashore G C G Things slip through her hands so fast C F Bb She won't find love anymore C Gm7 Not find love any more [Verse] C Winter's fury throws waves ashore F An unchanged flow of an ancient law C This ancient law [Verse] C Black then gives way to liquid jaws F Millions of years to settle a score C They settle a score [Chorus] G Am G C She sells shells upon the seashore G C G Things slip through her hands so fast C F Bb She won't find love anymore C Not find love any more [Instrumental] C Gm7 C Gm7 G [Bridge] G Walking to a spot she knows G Where the land has slipped again G A hammer held tight in her hand G C She works on in the rain... [Instrumental] C Gm7 C Gm7 C Gm7 C Gm7 [Verse] C A lighthouse beam bleeds into the sea F She moves the earth so patiently C So patiently [Verse] C A landmark of history she will find F Her father's face appears in her mind C He comes to her mind [Chorus] G Am G C She sells shells upon the seashore G C G Things slip through her hands so fast C F Bb She won't find love anymore C Not find love any more [Outro] C Gm7 C Gm7 C Gm7 C Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee... Gm7 C Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee... Gm7 C Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee... C Gm7 C Gm7 C Gm7 Mary is running by the sea C Gm7 Mary is running by the sea C Gm7 Mary is running by the sea C Gm7 Mary is running by the sea