Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)
Chords:
A minorAm x02210:
A11A11 x00000:
D/F#D/F# 200232:
G+G 320003:
C majorC x32010:
BB x2444x:
D MajorD xx0232:
E minorEm 022000:
G7G7 320001:
B minorBm x24432:
FF 133211:
B7B7 x21202:
F7#11F7#11 1x120x:
Intro:
A minorAm A11A11 A minorAm A minorAm
Am A minorAm A minorAm A minorAm
Verse:
A minorAm D/F#D/F#
We're taking on water diesel and stores
G+G C majorC
Laying up awhile before I'm back on board
A minorAm D/F#D/F#
They're patching her up to go fishing again
G+G
Fishing again
Verse:
A minorAm D/F#D/F#
They're welding her rudder, scrubbing her keel
G+G C majorC
Scars on her belly need time to heal
A minorAm BB
In the dock with the trawlermen
Verse:
A minorAm D/F#D/F#
I know all the people, there's nobody new
G+G C majorC
Soon we'll be leaving with the same old crew
A minorAm
On the green water
D/F#D/F# G+G
The tumbling sea
Verse:
A minorAm D/F#D/F#
They ain't running like the good old days
G+G C majorC
Time's just slipping down the old slipways
A minorAm BB
In the dock so dear to me
Chorus:
A minorAm D MajorD
Dark is the night
G+G E minorEm G+G
And I need a guiding light to keep me
E minorEm D MajorD
From foundering on the rocks
A minorAm D MajorD
My only prayer
G+G E minorEm G+G
Is just to see you there at the end
D MajorD G+G G7G7
Of my wandering back in the dock
Post-Chorus:
C majorC A minorAm
La...
D MajorD B minorBm
La...
FF
La...
E minorEm
La...
B7B7 F7#11F7#11
La...
E minorEm
La...
Verse:
A minorAm D/F#D/F#
I could use a layoff getting my strength back
G+G C majorC
But there's a loan to pay off and a few skipjack
A minorAm D/F#D/F#
So it's a turnaround back in the southerly wind
G+G
Southerly wind
Verse:
A minorAm D/F#D/F#
Pirates coming in to steal our gold
G+G C majorC
You can count yourself lucky with a profit in the hold
A minorAm BB
In the dock when we come in
Chorus:
A minorAm D MajorD
Dark is the night
G+G E minorEm G+G
And I need a guiding light to keep me
E minorEm D MajorD
From foundering on the rocks
A minorAm D MajorD
My only prayer
G+G E minorEm G+G
Is just to see you there at the end
D MajorD G+G G7G7
Of my wandering back in the dock
Outro:
C majorC A minorAm D MajorD B minorBm FF FF E minorEm E minorEm B7B7 F7#11F7#11 C majorC B7B7 E minorEm G7G7 (x2)
La...
Other versions of The Trawlermans Song
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for The trawlermans song by Mark Knopfler
