The Trawlermans Song (Ver2)

Chords: Am x02210: A11 x00000: D/F# 200232: G 320003: C x32010: B x2444x: D xx0232: Em 022000: G7 320001: Bm x24432: F 133211: B7 x21202: F7#11 1x120x: Intro: Am A11 Am Am Am Am Am Am Verse: Am D/F# We're taking on water diesel and stores G C Laying up awhile before I'm back on board Am D/F# They're patching her up to go fishing again G Fishing again

Verse: Am D/F# They're welding her rudder, scrubbing her keel G C Scars on her belly need time to heal Am B In the dock with the trawlermen Verse: Am D/F# I know all the people, there's nobody new G C Soon we'll be leaving with the same old crew Am On the green water D/F# G The tumbling sea Verse: Am D/F# 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 Dark is the night G Em G And I need a guiding light to keep me Em D From foundering on the rocks Am D My only prayer G Em G Is just to see you there at the end D G G7 Of my wandering back in the dock Post-Chorus: C Am La... D Bm La... F La... Em La... B7 F7#11 La... Em La... Verse: Am D/F# I could use a layoff getting my strength back G C But there's a loan to pay off and a few skipjack Am D/F# So it's a turnaround back in the southerly wind G Southerly wind Verse: Am D/F# 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 Chorus: Am D Dark is the night G Em G And I need a guiding light to keep me Em D From foundering on the rocks Am D My only prayer G Em G Is just to see you there at the end D G G7 Of my wandering back in the dock Outro: C Am D Bm F F Em Em B7 F7#11 C B7 Em G7 (x2) La...