Key: G major
Intro 1
G
Verse 1
A
D
Em
muddy waters run down
C
G
Past the penny arcades,
Am
C
D
by the harbour downtown,
Em
A
Am
D
All the old Tur
C
D
G
Like they never will leave there again.
Verse 2
G
D
Em
the hours before dawn,
C
G
A
Slip out in the darkness without
Am
D
word or song;
Em
A
For a few more years yet they
D
Em
will work while they can
C
D
G
To catch tiny fish for Japan.
Verse 3
C
G
we leave them alone.
C
G
The inspectors raise hell
Am
D
if we take any home.
What kind of fisherman
C
G
can't eat his catch
Em
A
D
Or call what he's taken his own?
Verse 4
G
Am
But the plant works three shifts
D
Em
now. There's plenty of pay.
C
G
We ship seventeen tons of
Am
D
this garbage each day.
Em
Am
If we want to eat fish,
D
Em
then we'll open a can,
C
D
G
And catch tiny fish for Japan.
Interlude 1
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Am
D
Em
C
G
Am
D
Em
Am
D
Em
C
D
G
Verse 5
Hotel over
C
G
far too much beer,
C
G
The old guys remember
Am
D
when the water ran clear.
No poisons with names that
C
Am
G
we can't understand
Em
A
D
And no tiny fish for Japan
Verse 6
G
Am
So the days run together.
D
Em
Each one is the same.
C
G
And it's good that the smelt
Am
D
have no lovelier name.
Em
Am
It's all just a job now,
D
Em
we'll work while we can,
C
D
G
Am
D
Em
To catch tiny fish for Japan.
C
D
And we'll catch tiny fish for Japan.
G
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