This
was a very difficult song to record. Why? Because I kept
getting all emotional and crying. You see this is a true story about
how my grandmother (whom I called 'Nanny') use to talk about sea
gulls. She loved sea gulls. She would
say "They can fly, sit on the
water, eat just about anything, and
they are always happy. No matter
what happens, or how lonely they
are, they can still laugh about it."
They call them laughing gulls
here on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
because of the sound they make.
After my father died (Nanny's son), Mom had to work to provide for
us. It was Nanny who was home with us kids. She taught
me many
things about life just like any grandmother would do. One
day when
she was very sad, she was crying her eyes out, and she went to go
for a ride in the car. I went with her. When we got around
the block
and stopped at a stop sign, she talked about the "sea gull," and then
she stopped crying. Then she turned to me and held my cheeks, put
her forehead against mine, and said, "Paul please - never forget about
the sea
gull, because it can put a smile on your face".
Nanny has been dead now for many years, but I've never forgotten her
or
"the lesson of the gull" she taught me.
This song is in
memory of my "Nanny" whom I dearly loved.
Lesson
Of The Gull
by Paul Smith
copyright 2005
6 string capo 3rd fret |
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Key;
h - means to hammer
Introduction
G C G h-C G Am D a g
f# e d e h-G
G C
G h-C G a h-b
a D e h-f#
G C G h-C G
G
C
G h-C G
Well the tides been running high down on the river
G
a h-b
Am
D a g f# e d e G
and the winds been blowing o’r this restless sea
G
C
G h-C G
Only a vessel or two found on the bay now
G a
h-b a
D
e h-f# G C
G h-C G
Winter’s on its way that’s plain to see
(2) And as those cold mid-winter winds blow in the season
and that loneliness spreads throughout this land
well all to soon that winter gloom can haunt you
Where you don’t even care to try or understand
Chorus:
C
G g f# g d
But there’s that lonely call of lone sea gall at the beach
C
G g f# g d
He been looking for that hand out out of reach
C
G g f# g d
There’s a lesson for all there that it could teach
C
D
G C G h-C G
If we would listen to the sea gall as he speaks
(3) Well my Nanny taught me the lesson about the sea gulls
Oh I wish that I could be one She would say
They call them laughing gall for good reason
and he sounds that way no matter come what may
(4) Well I remember a time when she was down and lonely
and she held my cheeks and told me tenderly
please remember the sound of the gull when you get lonely
It’ll help put a smile on as you can see
Chorus:
But there’s that lonely call of lone sea gall at the beach
He’s been looking for that hand out out of reach
There’s a lesson for all there that it could teach
If we would listen to the sea gall as he speaks
Interlude: (same as first verse)
(5) Well my Nanny was a wise and loving Granny
and I often think of her affectionately
No I can’t recall all she tried to teach me
Cause time has a way of fading memories
(6) But I’ve never forgot the
lesson
about the sea gulls
and those words have grown ever near and dear to me
And now when I’m down or If I’m feeling lonely
They puts a smile on my face that I wish that she could see
Chorus:
But there’s that lonely call of lone sea gall at the beach
He’s been looking for that hand out out of reach
There’s a lesson for all there that it could teach
If we would listen to the sea gall as he speaks
Yah just listen to the sea gall as he speaks
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