Great Harbour Deep chords by Shanneyganock

Chords with lyrics

Written by J.P. Cormier

Capo II

C majorC              G+G      C majorC
There's lumber and rusty old nails by the door,
                FF
We'll board up these houses and live here no more;
F minorFm            C majorC        A minorAm
And even the gulls won't come up from the shore,
             G+G     C majorC
'Cause they know all the people are leavin'.

C majorC              G+G      C majorC
There's Tucker and Darcy and Skipper Tom Brown,
                 FF
They pulled up the boat and have battened her down;
F minorFm              C majorC      A minorAm
She's just one more soul that fate pushed aground,
       G+G     C majorC
The ocean's still as a tombstone.

G+G
We'll move to the city, they'll pay for our homes,
C majorC
If the town was a body, it would be skin and bones;
G+G
What of the men who lie here in the ground,
C majorC                FF
Who died breathin' life in this town?
F minorFm               C majorC      A minorAm
The dreams of our fathers will die in their sleep,
           G+G     FF       C majorC
When they put out the lights in Great Harbour Deep.

C majorC              G+G     C majorC
Things were much better when I was a lad,
               FF
When two workin' hands were all a man had;
F minorFm              C majorC       A minorAm
The sea was our mother, she called us from land,
       G+G      C majorC
But now she seems like a stranger.

C majorC                G+G   C majorC
It's funny, they say there's no cod anymore,
                     FF
But you'll find them in restaurants and all the fine stores;
F minorFm              C majorC        A minorAm
It's like God told them all, stay far from our shores,
        G+G       C majorC
The foreigners must need the money.

G+G
So we'll move to the city, they'll pay for our homes,
C majorC
If the town was a body, it would be skin and bones;
G+G
What of the men who lie here in the ground,
C majorC                FF
Who died breathin' life in this town?
F minorFm               C majorC      A minorAm
The dreams of our fathers will die in their sleep,
            G+G    FF       C majorC
When they put out the lights in Great Harbour Deep.

D MajorD                    A augmentedA       D MajorD
They're down at the powerhouse, they'll soon throw the switch,
                 G+G
That will send us the darkness as black as the pitch;
G minorGm               D MajorD    B minorBm
And some guy up in Ottawa, that son-of-a-bitch,
        A augmentedA        D MajorD
In his own bed tonight he'll be keepin'.

D MajorD                A augmentedA       D MajorD
So I'll say my goodbyes to the rocks and the trees,
                   G+G
And I'll walk through this splendour whenever I please;
G minorGm                 D MajorD     B minorBm
Though the only way back here will be in my dreams,
        A augmentedA      D MajorD
Ya can't stop a fella from sleepin'.

A augmentedA
So we'll move to the city, they'll pay for our homes,
D MajorD
If the town was a body, it would be skin and bones;
A augmentedA
What of the men who lie here in the ground,
D MajorD                G+G
Who died breathin' life in this town?
G minorGm               D MajorD      B minorBm
The dreams of our fathers will die in their sleep,
            A augmentedA    G+G       D MajorD
When they put out the lights in Great Harbour Deep.

D MajorD               A augmentedA     D MajorD
Now there stands the city with wide-open arms,
                  G+G
And I'm sure now to some, well, she does hold her charms;
G minorGm                 D MajorD        B minorBm
There's prostitutes, drug dealers, strip joints and bars,
            A augmentedA      D MajorD
What a great place for raisin' your children.

A augmentedA
So, we moved to the city, they paid for our homes,
D MajorD
After all that old village was just skin and bones;
A augmentedA
And we left all those men there, alone in the ground,
D MajorD                G+G
Who died breathing life in that town;
G minorGm              D MajorD       B minorBm
The dreams of our fathers all died in their sleep,
           A augmentedA     G+G       D MajorD
When they put out the lights in Great Harbour Deep.

A augmentedA
So, we moved to the city, they paid for our homes,
D MajorD
After all that old village was just skin and bones;
A augmentedA
And we left all those men there, alone in the ground,
D MajorD                G+G
Who died breathing life in that town;
G minorGm              D MajorD       B minorBm
The dreams of our fathers all died in their sleep,
           A augmentedA     G+G       D MajorD
When they put out the lights in Great Harbour Deep.
G minorGm               D MajorD       B minorBm
The ocean stands watchin', her vigil she'll keep,
          A augmentedA     G+G       D MajorD
She's the only one left now in Great Harbour Deep.