The Trawlerman's Song

(Capo on third fret)


Intro:

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Am                               D
We're taking on water, diesel and stores
G                           C
Laying up awhile before I'm back on board
Am
They're patching her up
               D              G
To go fishing again, fishing again
Am                            D
They're welding her rudder scrubbing her keel
G                       C
Scars on her belly need time to heal
       Am
In the dock
             B
With the trawlermen
   Am                          D
I know all the people, there's nobody new
G                               C
Soon we'll be leaving with the same old crew
        Am                       D        G
On the green water the tumbling sea
 Am                          D
They ain't running like the good old days
G                             C
Time's just slipping Down the old slipways
        Am          B
In the dock so dear to me

[Chorus]

   Am        D     G        Em
Dark is the night, I need a guiding light
        G           Em
To keep me from foundering
          D
On the rocks
  Am    D      G          Em
My only prayer is just to see you there
       G            D
At the end of my wandering
            G            G7
Back in the dock


[Instrumental bridge] C  Am D Bm F Em B B7 Em

  Am                                D
I could use a layoff, getting my strength back
        G                            C
But there's a loan to pay off  and a few skipjack
           Am
So it's a turnaround
                     D      G
Back in the southerly wind
 Am                         D
Pirates coming in to steal our gold
     G                               C
You can count yourself lucky with a profit in the hold
       Am            B
In the dock when we come in

   Am        D     G        Em
Dark is the night, I need a guiding light
        G           Em
To keep me from foundering
          D
On the rocks
  Am    D      G          Em
My only prayer is just to see you there
       G            D
At the end of my wandering
            G            G7
Back in the dock

Song ends:
C Am D Bm F Em B B7 Em G C Am D Bm F Em B B7 C B7 Em G . . .

Final guitar solo:
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h= hammer on or pull off
b= bend
r= release bend
/= slide