Key: D major
Verse 1
Ebm
Eb
Well, back when this earth was
Db
Eb
a silver blue jew el
Db
Eb
's fathers were young
F
Bb
Pulling up fish from the sea
African slavery trade
New
Bedford and codfish for
Maine
Db
Ebm
wall that will always
Eb
remain
Oh, the crown and the cross,
the musket and the chain,
The white man's religion,
the family name,
Two hundred years later, and
who is to blame?
The captain or the cargo,
Db
Ebm
or the juice of the sugarcane?
Dore man,
Db
Eb
he knows when the riptides will run
Db
Eb
He sets out his net and he waits in the sun
Cm
Eb
He thinks of his fam
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Eb
ily and drinks of his
rum
F
Bb
And he waits for the codfish to come
Eb
It can swallow you up, it can let you survive
It can heal you and steal you
and take you away
B
Eb
Like a note in a bottle with nothing to say
Ebm
Eb
Now back when this earth was
Db
Eb
a silver blue jew el
Db
Eb
's fathers were young
Cm
Adim
Men of these shores
Bb
Ab
Gb
Pulling up fish from the sea.
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