Chords for Alastair McDonald - Silver Darlings

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[D] O herrings are harvests [G] that fishermen [F#m] glean, [Bm] Where flashes the silver [E] through deep [A] ocean green.
[D] But when herring harvests [G] reach old [F#m] Aberdeen, [Bm] They're known as the [A] silver _ _ [D] darlings.
_ _ [G] Silver darlings on [A] Aberdeen _ _ _ _ quays.
[D] Brought by [Bm] the fishermen _ [Em] home from the [G]
sea, [D] To the city that stands t [G]'wixt the dawn [F#m] and the dee,
[Bm] The home of [D] the silver _ darlings. _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] The boats leave the harbour, [G] their wake [F#m] spreading wide, [Bm] And empty they row with [Em] the swell of [A] the tide.
[D] O soon may their hatches [G] be thrown [F#m] open wide, [Bm] For a catch [D] of the silver [A] _ _
[D] darlings.
_ Silver [G]
darlings on _ [A] Aberdeen _ _ quays.
_ [D] Brought by [Bm] the fishermen [Em] home from [G] the sea, [D] To the city that stands t'wixt [G] the dawn and [F#m] the dee,
[Bm] The home [D] of the silver _ _ _ darlings.
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[D] With ice in the rigging [G] and death down [F#m] below, [Bm] The gales screaming wild and [Em] the glass hanging [A] low,
[D] The wives and the sweethearts [G] are women [F#m] who know [Bm] The price [D] of the silver [A] _ _ _ [D] darlings.
[Bm] Silver [G] darlings on [A] Aberdeen _ _ quays.
_ [D] Brought by [Bm] the fishermen [Em] home from [G] the sea, [D] To the city that stands t'wixt [G] the dawn and [D] the dee,
The home of the silver [A] _ darlings.
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The home of the _ silver [A] _ _ _ [D]
darlings.
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