IntroDAEmDADVerse 1D
I was born under the stars,
AD
Never meant to journey far
From all the faces and the place
GA
That I called home
D
And my father lived the same
AD
And his father before him
But now I see in my son's eyes
GA
Something has changed
GA
And the smoke it has stopped rising
GD
From the chimney up the road
AG
And the light no longer shines over the door
DA
Last year I lent a hand
DEm
The haul the boats unto the land
DAG
They've been lyin' there for nineteen months Or more
DAD
And I wonder will they lie there evermore
Verse 2D
Wasn't many years ago
AD
That the men 'round here would go
GA
Out in there skiffs and haul their traps out on the bay
D
And then shortly they'd return
AD
Loaded down from stem to stern
DGA
And we'd off the fish then stow the gear away
GA
Now the waters are as barren
GD
As the cliff that guard the cove
AG
And catch the north wind blowin' off the shore
DA
And I wonder how an ocean
DEm
Turns as lifeless as a stone
DAG
And I wonder can the sea revive once more
DAD
And I wonder will they lie there evermore
Solo
Verse 3D
Well I hear some people say
AD
We'd be better off to stay ashore
DGA
And train for jobs outside the fishery
D
Now wouldn't I look like a fool?
AD
To go traipsin' off to school
GA
After forty years of livin' of the sea
GA
Now my son he's barely twenty-one
GD
And handy at the trawl
DAG
For years he helped my fish the Labrador
DAGEm
Now he's movin' to Ontario before the first snowfall
DAG
Dad theirs nothin' left for me 'round here no more
DAG
And I wonder will I see his children born
DAD
And I wonder will they lie there evermore
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