The Shoals O Herrin chords by The Corries

Chords with lyrics

Chords with a slash (like G#G#) describe the bass line to the previous chord.
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  Tremolo - Capo III

    A augmentedA           B minorBm  A augmentedA
With our nets and gear we're faring
    A augmentedA     B minorBm   A augmentedA  E MajorE
On the wild and wasteful ocean.
     A augmentedA      B minorBm    A augmentedA     B minorBm      A augmentedA  A augmentedA G#G# F# minorF#m
It's out there on the deep we harvest and reap - our bread
    A augmentedA       D MajorD    E MajorE  A augmentedA
As we hunt the bonny shoals o herrin

   A augmentedA       D MajorD     A augmentedA
O it was a fine and a pleasant summers day
A augmentedA      A augmentedA   G#G#   F#F#   E MajorE
Out of Yarmouth harbour I was faring
E/G# F#F# A augmentedA   D MajorD       A augmentedA   F# minorF#m
As a cabin boy on a sailing lugger
     A augmentedA       D MajorD     E MajorE  A augmentedA
We were up to hunt the shoals of herring

   A augmentedA       D MajorD     A augmentedA
Now the work was hard and the hours long
A augmentedA      A augmentedA   G#G#   F#F#   E MajorE
and the treatment surely took some bearing
E/G# F#F#  A augmentedA        D MajorD         A augmentedA  A augmentedA  G#G# F# minorF#m
there was little kindness and the kicks were many
     A augmentedA       D MajorD   E MajorE  A augmentedA
as we hunted for the shoals o herrin

   A augmentedA          D MajorD     A augmentedA
Now we fished the Swarth and the Broken Bank
A augmentedA      A augmentedA   G#G#   F#F#   E MajorE
I was cook and I'd a quarter share in
E/G# F#F# A augmentedA      D MajorD       A augmentedA A augmentedA  G#G# F# minorF#m
And I used to sleep standing on me feet
     A augmentedA        D MajorD    E MajorE  A augmentedA
And I dreamed about the shoals o herrin

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We left the home grounds in the month of June
A augmentedA      A augmentedA   G#G#   F#F#   E MajorE
And for Canny Shiels we soon were bearing
E/G# F#F# A augmentedA      D MajorD        A augmentedA  A augmentedA  G#G# F# minorF#m
With a hundred cran of the silver darlings
     A augmentedA        D MajorD    E MajorE  A augmentedA
That we'd taken from the shoals o herrin

  A augmentedA        D MajorD       A augmentedA
In the stormy seas and the living gales
A augmentedA      A augmentedA   G#G#   F#F#      E MajorE
Just to earn your daily bread you're daring
E/G# F#F# A augmentedA       D MajorD         A augmentedA A augmentedA  G#G# F# minorF#m
From the Dover Straits to the Faroe Islands
     A augmentedA        D MajorD    E MajorE  A augmentedA
And you're following the shoals o herrin

  A augmentedA           D MajorD     A augmentedA
Now you're up on deck, you're a fisherman
A augmentedA      A augmentedA   G#G#   F#F#   E MajorE
You can swear and show a manly bearing
E/G# F#F# A augmentedA        D MajorD        A augmentedA  A augmentedA  G#G# F# minorF#m
Take your turn on deck with the other fellows
     A augmentedA        D MajorD    E MajorE  A augmentedA
As you're following the shoals o herrin


[Tremolo]

    A augmentedA      B minorBm A augmentedA
Night and day we’re farin
    A augmentedA  B minorBm   A augmentedA    E MajorE
Come winter wind or winter gales.
 A augmentedA    B minorBm      A augmentedA     B minorBm    A augmentedA   A augmentedA  G#G# F# minorF#m
Sweat or cold, growing up, growing old, or dying
    A augmentedA        D MajorD    E MajorE  A augmentedA