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GREY  FOGGY  DAY

Time signature:  3/4  (waltz time)     
​Typical tempo ~175 bpm.
Eddie Coffey
Accordion Notation
Beats per bar = 3
Beat symbol = Dot ( . ) or equivalent
Inside row:    Buttons 2 - 6  plus  i1
Outside row: Buttons 2 - 6  plus  i4*   
Eddie Coffey wrote this in 6/8 time, which gives the waltz a gently rocking feeling.  If you wish to play it in 6/8 time using the notes below, just place a slightly greater emphasis on the first beat of every "second" bar.  I've converted to 3/4 time for simplicity.
Verse 1 (of 3)

:r           .4     |   .4       .4*   .5   |  .:5*~ | ~.:    |
         It's been     some  years  a  -     go            /       

:r      "6   "6   |    .6      .6*    .5*   |  .:5   |   .:4     |
       since  I        left   from   my       is    -  land


:r    .5   |  .5*  .5   .5  |  :5   .4*   |  .:3*   |
       To       go   to   the   main___  -   land,  /        

:r     "5    "5    |   .5      .4*       .4*    |  .:4~ | ~.:    |  
        like  the      old   folks   would     say____  /


:r    "4  "4    |   .4       .4*   .5   |  :5 * .4*   |   .:5*    | 
        As    I       walked  up    the      gang___      way  /      

:r      "6   "6    |   .6      .6*  .5*   |    :5   .3   |    .:4       |
        and   I       stood  on   the      star___  -  board /


:r    "5  "5   |    .5*    .5    .5   |  :5   .4*  |   .:3*    |
        And  I      gazed  on    the      har___   -   bour    /

.r       .4*  .4*   |   .4     .2*    .3*  |   .:3~ | ~.:    |
         on    a       grey  fog  - gy      day____


Chorus: 

:r   "6    "6    |    .6     .6*   .(i1/i4*)   |    :5*    .4*   |   .:5*     | 
    Sum-mer      days they    were       warm - er       then  /    

:r    "6    "6     |      .6       .6*    .5*    |   :5     "3    "3    |    .:4      |
     When we     laughed  with  the       old    fish - er   -    men  /


"r   "5     "5     |    .5*      .5     .5    |    :5     .5    |   .:3*    |           
        And  they     cursed  when  the        fog   rolled        in    /

:r      "5     "5     |   .5      .4*    .4*   |   .:4~ | ~.:
       Then  they    made   up   the        hay___;


.r   .6    .6    |   .6     .6*  .(i1/i4*)   |   :5*    .4*   |   .:5*     |  
      It's been    more  than      a            long,  long       time   /

:r    "6     "6   |   .6     .6*   .5*   |    :5       .3    |   .:4      | 
     Since   I       held  you  and    called  you     mine, /


 :r   "5   "5    |   .5*   .5   "5   "5   |   :5    .5   |   .:3*     |  
       And  we       wait - ed   for   the      sun   to       shine  /         

.r   .4*   .4*   |   .4     .2*   .3*   |   .:3      |   .:r   |     ​
     On    a       grey  fog - gy       day.  /


Play the following lines at end of final chorus.

 .r     .5   .5   |   .5*    .5     .5   |   :5    .5    |   .:3*      |        
        And   I        pray  that    the      sun  will       shine   /      

.r   .4*   .4*   |   .4      .2*   .3*  |  .:3~ | ~.:    | ​
     On   this     grey  fog - gy      day____.



Embedded youTube Videos

Key:  C

Tempo ~174 bpm (at 3 beats/bar).

Singer:  Eddie Coffey

Accordion:  Wayne Mahoney

Key:   C

Tempo ~ 175 bpm.

Group:  Shanneyganock

Accordion:  Mark Hiscock

Key:  C

Tempo ~ 173 bpm.

Group:  Slainte in Newfoundland

Accordion:  Doug Fleming
             
Slainte is a talented group of musicians and singers in Clarenville, NL.  For more about them, or to purchase their recent CD, click HERE.


Key:  C

Tempo ~174 bpm

Singer:  Eddie Coffey

Posted by:  Robert Rector

Key:  D

Tempo:  ~ bpm

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Posted by nlcabinboys535


Key:  A

Group:  ?

​Singer:  Brennen Webb

Posted by:  Brennen Webb


Key:  D

Accordion player:  Randy Dyke

Posted by:  Randy Dyke


Key: G

Accordion playing by Hector & Bob.

Australian musicians (Hector, on the button accordion, and Bob, on the piano accordion)

BACKGROUND MATERIALS, INFORMATION & LINKS
Lyrics:
Verses 2 & 3
 
To wake in the early morn  /  To the sound of the old fog horn
And wait for the men to return  /  With their boats in the bay
All these things I don't see no more  /  When I lived on the old cape shore
And I gazed on the boats on their moor  /  On a Grey foggy day
 
And as long as my heart  /  Doesn't break from those old memories
Old lover and old use to be  /  I'll come home to stay
I can still hear the ocean roar  /  Through the hills on the old cape shore
There are no fishing boats anymore  /  But it's a Grey foggy foggy day

Background:
Click HERE for Eddie Coffey info.

Click HERE for guitar chords and full lyrics.