Fishermans Lament Cifras

Great Big Sea
Fisherman's Lament
 
    D            A            G          A
I stand in my doorway as the moon rises high
      D         A        G               A
Over glorious ocean, reflects the bright sky  
    D           A          G            A
My heart it is aching, so much I could die
          D           A          G        A
I've known only the ocean, since I was a boy
 
 
CHORUS:
 
        D                        A          D
And I spent my whole life, out there on the sea
      G                                   A
Some government bastard now takes it from me
      D                          A        D
It's not just the fish, they've taken my pride
    G                     A            D
I feel so ashamed that I just want to hide
 
 
   D              A            G       A
I fished with my father, so long long ago
            D            A         G           A
We were proud of our trade, and in us it did show
      D              A            G            A
We held our heads high, there was lots of fish then
D              A        G             A
That was the time, when we were proud men
 
 
    D                A         G            A
We challenged great storms and sometimes we won
      D              A       G             A
Faced death and disaster, we rose with the sun
   D              A          G               A
We worked and we toiled, we strained arm and brain
   D              A            G       A
We were a proud people, will we ere be again?
 
CHORUS
        D                        A          D
And I spent my whole life, out there on the sea
      G                                   A
Some government bastard now takes it from me
      D                          A        D
It's not just the fish, they've taken my pride
    G                     A            D
I feel so ashamed that I just want to hide
 
 
    D        A                 G             A
My father is gone now, and the fish are gone too.
D               A         G            A
Abused and mis-managed, oh what can we do?
    D           A          G          A
I'm too old to change, but what of my sons,
D             A         G              A
How will they know that we weren't the ones?
 
  D     A         G           A
DFO regulations permitted the rape
        D         A           G            A
 Of our beautiful ocean, from head land to cape
     D              A              G           A
They brought in big trollers, they tore up our twine
    D           A              G              A
Politians don't care for whats yours or whats mine!
 
CHORUS
        D                        A          D
And I spent my whole life, out there on the sea
      G                                   A
Some government bastard now takes it from me
      D                          A        D
It's not just the fish, they've taken my pride
    G                     A            D
I feel so ashamed that I just want to hide
 
    D             A            G         A
You brave Newfoundlanders, now listen to me
          D          A        G           A
Shove the package to hell, go back to the sea
      D               A          G         A
If we don't stand our ground, we will fade away
        D            A            G         A
And the bones of our fathers will turn into clay
 
        D                        A          D
And I spent my whole life, out there on the sea
      G                                   A
Some government bastard now takes it from me
      D                          A        D
It's not just the fish, they've taken my pride
    G                     A            D
I feel so ashamed that I just want to die
 
 
Back to the sea.
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