Intro e |--------|--------|--------| B |--------|--------|--------| G |0-------|--------|--------| D |---4-2-0|--------|--------| A |--------|2---3-2-|0-------| E |--------|--------|--3-----| Verse G C G Going out to the cod trap used to be our lifestyle, C G D G Hauling on jigger lines made a day's pay. C G 'Till the fisheries minister allowed foreign trawlers, C G D G To forsake our waters and drag jobs away. Chorus D C G So, we left for the mainland, missing the island, C G Em D Living on odd jobs that we chose to toil. G C G But the rock's in our souls, when we die just one favour, C G D G G C G C G D Dsus4 D G Bury our bodies in Newfoundland soil. Verse C G We left our homeland way back in the eighties, C G D G Leaving the island was so hard to do. C G In search of an income we came to the mainland, C G D G Sacrificed friendships and families, too. Chorus D C G So, we're out in the mainland, missing the island, C G Em D And living on odd jobs that we chose to toil. G C G But the rock's in our souls, when we die just one favour, C G D G G C G C G D Dsus4 D G Bury our bodies in Newfoundland soil. Verse C G And the oil companies came with the world's largest drill rigs, C G D G Offered a fortune but gave to so few. C G Still we flocked to our homeland only to find out, C G D G That prayers don't get answered and dreams don't come true. Chorus D C G So, we're back on the mainland still missing the island, C G Em D And living on odd jobs that we chose to toil. G C G But the rock's in our souls, when we die just one favour, C G D G G C G C G D Dsus4 D G Bury our bodies in Newfoundland soil. Outro G C G C G D D D G
