Chords with lyrics
Intro
G+G FF G+G FF C/EC/E Dm7Dm7 C majorC
Verse
FF C majorC
It wasn't like this last year
FF
It wasn't like this at all
G+G FF
We were taking the blues and the groupers
G+G C majorC G+G
From February into the fall
A minorAm G+G
You get to ask that question
A minorAm G+G
When you're up against the wall
FF C/EC/E
It wasn't like this last year
Dm7Dm7 C majorC
It wasn't like this at all
FF
Speak, speak, Bonac
G+G FF Bb majorBb C majorC
It's a fair gant end to the bayman's day
FF
Speak, speak Bonac
G+G FF C/EC/E
All of the children are moving away
Dm7Dm7 C majorC
Has it come down plain
FF C majorC
Is it time to seine on another bay?
Instrumental
C majorC FF G+G FF C majorC
Verse
FF C majorC
Could these be the Lesters
FF
Who used to run this town
G+G FF G+G
When the right-whale swam off Ponquogue
C majorC
They'd sail their tall ships down
G+G A minorAm G+G
There was Lesters in the rigging
A minorAm
Lesters on the Sound
G+G FF C/EC/E
Could these old men be the Lesters
Dm7Dm7 C majorC
Who used to run this town?
FF
Speak, speak, Bonac
G+G FF Bb majorBb C majorC
It's a fair gant end to the bayman's day
FF
Speak, speak Bonac
G+G FF C/EC/E
All of the children are moving away
Dm7Dm7 C majorC
Has it come down plain
FF C majorC
Is it time to seine on another bay?
Instrumental
G+G FF G+G A minorAm G+G FF C majorC Dm7Dm7 C majorC
Verse
FF C majorC
Last night when you went fishing
FF
I saw you face to face
G+G FF
I knew as clear as a bell in the fog
G+G C majorC G+G
You'd never leave this place
A minorAm
No more can the hunter up in the sky
G+G A minorAm
Give up his fruitless chase
G+G FF
Clear as a bell through the fog at night
C/EC/E Dm7Dm7 C majorC
When I saw you face to face
G+G FF C/EC/E
Clear as a bell through the fog at night
Dm7Dm7 C majorC
You'd never leave this place
FF
Speak, speak, Bonac
G+G FF Bb majorBb C majorC
It's a fair gant end to the bayman's day
FF
Speak, speak Bonac
G+G FF C/EC/E
All of the children are moving away
Dm7Dm7 C majorC
Has it come down plain
FF C majorC
Is it time to seine on another bay?