Chords for A Fisherman's Life (Isle Aux Morts Boys)

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_ _ Fisherman's life [C] is a hell of a life
[G] Don't think I could [D] live that way
_ [G] Tried it myself, [C] it was hard on [G] my health
[G] Just sick and a-dyin' all day
The seas can be rough, [C] better be tough
[G] If you want to live [D] that way
[G] Work on the shore, [C] don't ask for more
[G] The good luck, some take all the pain
[C] When the weather is bad, [G] you just be glad
You found your port [D] from the storm
[G] A roof over your head, [C] some grub and a bed
[G] And a lady to help keep you warm
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I've known some great men, [C] a few were my kin
[G] Their lives, they spent it [D] at sea
[G] Fishermen don't retire, [C] they just expire
[G] Don't want it to happen to me
Now the fisherman's son, [C] why he's the only one
[G] Left to carry on the [D] tradition _
[G] Ah, but he'd be a fool [C] not to stay in school
[G] With the prison fishery condition _
[C] With these plants a-closin', [G] no more northern cod
For us to process, [D] they say
[A] [G] While the foreigners keep [C] fishin', we sit on the wishin'
[G] That the future be brighter someday _
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No one'll know [C] which way the wind [C] blows
[G] If the Frenchmen, they get [D] their wish
[G] Up in 3 P [C].M., it's startin' again
[G] Who in the hell owns those fees?
Our fishermen, [C] they're stayin' in
[G] While the foreigners, they rate [D] the stocks
[G] There's no one to help us, the [C] politicians have failed us
[G] Guess we'll have to look after ourselves
[C] Now the fisherman's son, [G] why he's the only one
Left to carry on the [D] tradition _
[G] Ah, but he'd be a fool [C] not to stay in school
[G] With the prison fishery condition _
Yeah, he'd be a fool [C] not to [G] stay in school
With the prison fishery condition _
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