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Fotheringay – The Sea Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsD Dmaj7 G F Em Em7 E7 A D#Am E A7 C Am7

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These are the chords for The Sea by Fotheringay on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Intro]
D  Dmaj7  G  D G
D  Dmaj7  G  D G
D  D      G  D

[Verse 1]
D         G
Do I ever wonder?
          D    G  D
You don't know
                F   Em
You'll never follow,
         D         G D
and I'll never show
                   G
D'you see the water and
watch it flow
    D              Em7
And float an empty shell
F                        E7
  And you think that I'm hiding
           A   D
  from the is--land
         E7            D#
You've a fault in your senses.
            D        G D
Can you feel it now?

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[Verse 2]
D
Time? What is that?
  G             D   G  D
I've no time to care
                           G
I've lived for a long while
       Em   D
nearly everywhere
                 G
You will be taken, everyone,
D                  Em        Am D F
you ladies and you gentlemen
                          E
Fall and listen with your ears
 E7      A7     D
upon the paving stone
        E7            D#
Is that what you hear-ear?
             D          G  D
The coming of  the sea?

[Solo]
| D  | G D | A | D | D | D |
| G  | G D | D G | D | D C | D |
| Em | A D | D | D | D | D |
| G  | G D | D | Em | Em F | F |
| E7 | E7 Am7 | Am7 | D | D E |
| E | D# | D# | D# | D | G |
| D | D | G | D |

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[Verse 3]
D
Sea flows under your
      G  D           G  D
doors in London town
    F          C  D   Em
And all your defenses are
   Am       D
all   broken down
                   G         D
You laugh at me on funny days,
                          Em7
but mine's the sleight of hand
F                       E7
    Don't you know I am a
         Am7            D
    joker,   a deceiver?
    E7          D#          D
And I'm waiting-ing for the land
A  D  G D  A D  G D  G D

How to play The Sea: key, chords and progression

The Sea by Fotheringay is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 14 chords: D, Dmaj7, G, F, Em, Em7, E7, A, D#, Am, E and A7 and 2 more.

The progression the song keeps returning to is A – D – G – D (II – V – I – V in G major). In solfa, that is reh – soh – doh – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.