Key: C major•
Verse 1
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Dm
C
With our nets
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F
C
G
On the wild and wasteful ocean
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G
Am
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G
harvest and reap
Am
C
As you hung the bonny
Dm
Am
G
shoals of heaven
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F
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Am
As a cobblin' boy on a sailin' lover
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F
G
We were huntin' for the shoals of herrin'
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F
C
We left the home grounds
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C
in the month of June
With four canny shields we
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F
C
Am
With a hundred crowns of silver, darlin'
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F
G
That we'd taken from the shores of heaven
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F
Oh, the work was hard an
And the treatment, sure,
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Am
and the kicks were many
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Dm
G
As we hunted for the shoals of herring
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C
an d the broken band
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G
C
Am
And I used to sleep, stand on my feet
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G
the shoals of heaven
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G
C
Now you're up on deck,
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C
you're a fisherman
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Am
with the other fellas
Dm
Am
G
C
shoals of death
You're a net -rope man now,
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C
for you're on the loo
And you're learning all
Am
C
As you hung the bonnie
Dm
Am
G
shoals of herring,
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G
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G
Night and day the seas were derring.
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C
G
or come our winter game
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C
Dm
Sweating out cold, growing up growing old
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C
G
Am
C
O 'er dying as you hunt
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G
the bonnie shoals of herring.
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