The Shoals of Herring chords by Ewan MacColl
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Verse 1
(G major) (C major) (G major) With our nets and
gear we're (D major) faring (G major)
On the wild (C major) and (G major) waste (C major) (G major) ful ocean (D major) .
Its there (G major) (C major) that we hunt an
(D major) d we earn our (G major) bread
As we hunted for the shoals (C major) of her (D major) ring
(G major)
Verse 2
O it was a fine (C major) and a pleasant (G major) day
Out of Yarmouth harbor I was (D major) faring
As a (G major) (D major) (C major) cabinboy on a sailing (D major) (G major) lugger
For to go and hunt the shoals (C major) of (D major) herring
(G major)
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Verse 3
O the work was hard (C major) and the hours long (G major)
And the treatment,
sure it took some (D major) bearing
There was (G major) little (D major) kindness
(C major) and the (D major) kicks were (G major) many
As we hunted for the shoals (C major) of (D major) herring
(G major) (C major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 4
O we fished the Swarth
(C major) and the Broken Bank (G major)
I was cook and I'd a quarter sharing (D major)
(G major) (D major) And I (G major) used to sleep (D major)
(C major) standing (D major) on my feet (G major)
And I'd dream about the shoals (C major) of (D major) herring
(G major)
Verse 5
O we left the (C major) homegrounds in
the month of June
(G major) And to Canny Shiels we
soon were (D major) bearing
With a (G major) hundred (D major) cran (C major) of (D major) silver darlings (G major)
That we'd taken from
the shoals (C major) of (D major) her (G major) ring
Verse 6
Now you're (G major) up on deck,
(C major) you're a fish (G major) erman
You can swear and show a manly bearing (D major)
Take your (G major) turn on (D major) watch (C major) with
the (D major) other fel (G major) lows
While you're searching for
the shoals (C major) of (D major) herring
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 7
In the stormy
seas (C major) and the living gales (G major)
Just to earn your daily
bread you're (D major) daring
From the (G major) Dover Straits (D major) (C major) to
the (D major) Faroe Is (G major) lands
As you're following the shoals (C major) of (D major) herring
(G major)
Verse 8
O I earned my (D major) keep (C major) and I paid my (G major) way
And I earned the gear (D major) that I was wearing
(D major) Sailed a (C major) million miles,
caught ten (D major) million (G major) fishes
We were sailing after shoals (C major) of (D major) herring
(G major)
The Shoals of Herring
Ewan MacColl
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