Chords for Cliffs Of Baccalieu - sung by Stan Rogers
Tempo:
130.55 bpm
Chords used:
D
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G
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[N]
[Dm] [Dm]
We were bound [D] home in October [D] from the shores of Labrador, trying [G] to head a strong [A] nor'easter and [G] snow [D] too.
[A] The [D] wind [D] swept down upon [A] us and the [D] day was dark as [Dm] night, just [G] before we [A] made the land [D] at Bacalhau.
[G] [A] Now we tried to clear the island [D] [Dm] as we brought her [D] further south, but [G] the wind from out the [A] nor'east [Dm] strung [D] her blue.
[A] [D] Till our lookout [G]
soon [Dm] he [A] shouted, and there [D] lay [D] dead ahead, [G] through a snow-spall [D] loomed [A] the rocks at [D] Bacalhau.
But it was [D] hard down by the tiller [G] as we struggled [A] with [D] the sheets, [D] trying [G] our best to haul [A] them in a foot [D] or two.
[A] Till [D] our deck so [A] [D] sharply [D] tilted we could [A] barely [G] [D] keep our feet as [G] we struggled [D] [A] on the rocks at [D] [A]
Bacalhau.
[D] [A] Now the
[D] [A] plombers [D] beat her under and [A] I thought she [A] ne'er would [D] rise, and [G] her [G] main boom it [A] was [A] bending nigh [D] in two.
[A] With [Dm] her lee [A] rails two foot [D] under, [D] three hands [A] upon the [D] wheel, sure [G] we'd haul her [A] from the [G] rocks at [D] [A]
Bacalhau.
[D]
[A] [Dm] [A]
[A] [D] [G]
[A] [A] [D] [D]
[A] [A] [D]
[D]
[A] [D] [G]
[A] [D] [D]
[G] Till leeward [A] was the island, [D] to [A] windward [D] was the shore, and that [G] blinding sleet would [A] cut you through and [D] through.
[A] [D] But [D] our hearts were [A] beating [D] gladly, [A] for no longer [A] [D] could [D] we gaze down [G] to leeward at [A] the rocks of [D]
Bacalhau.
[A] Down [G] to [D]
leeward at [A] the rocks of [G] [D] Bacalhau.
[A] [G]
[A] [D]
[A] [D]
[Dm] [Dm]
We were bound [D] home in October [D] from the shores of Labrador, trying [G] to head a strong [A] nor'easter and [G] snow [D] too.
[A] The [D] wind [D] swept down upon [A] us and the [D] day was dark as [Dm] night, just [G] before we [A] made the land [D] at Bacalhau.
[G] [A] Now we tried to clear the island [D] [Dm] as we brought her [D] further south, but [G] the wind from out the [A] nor'east [Dm] strung [D] her blue.
[A] [D] Till our lookout [G]
soon [Dm] he [A] shouted, and there [D] lay [D] dead ahead, [G] through a snow-spall [D] loomed [A] the rocks at [D] Bacalhau.
But it was [D] hard down by the tiller [G] as we struggled [A] with [D] the sheets, [D] trying [G] our best to haul [A] them in a foot [D] or two.
[A] Till [D] our deck so [A] [D] sharply [D] tilted we could [A] barely [G] [D] keep our feet as [G] we struggled [D] [A] on the rocks at [D] [A]
Bacalhau.
[D] [A] Now the
[D] [A] plombers [D] beat her under and [A] I thought she [A] ne'er would [D] rise, and [G] her [G] main boom it [A] was [A] bending nigh [D] in two.
[A] With [Dm] her lee [A] rails two foot [D] under, [D] three hands [A] upon the [D] wheel, sure [G] we'd haul her [A] from the [G] rocks at [D] [A]
Bacalhau.
[D]
[A] [Dm] [A]
[A] [D] [G]
[A] [A] [D] [D]
[A] [A] [D]
[D]
[A] [D] [G]
[A] [D] [D]
[G] Till leeward [A] was the island, [D] to [A] windward [D] was the shore, and that [G] blinding sleet would [A] cut you through and [D] through.
[A] [D] But [D] our hearts were [A] beating [D] gladly, [A] for no longer [A] [D] could [D] we gaze down [G] to leeward at [A] the rocks of [D]
Bacalhau.
[A] Down [G] to [D]
leeward at [A] the rocks of [G] [D] Bacalhau.
[A] [G]
[A] [D]
[A] [D]
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[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ We were bound [D] home in October _ [D] from the shores of _ Labrador, _ trying [G] to head a strong [A] nor'easter and [G] snow [D] too.
_ [A] The _ _ [D] wind [D] swept down upon [A] us and the [D] day was dark as [Dm] night, just [G] before we [A] made the land [D] at Bacalhau. _
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] Now we tried to clear the island [D] _ [Dm] as we brought her [D] further south, but [G] the wind from out the [A] nor'east [Dm] strung [D] her blue.
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] Till our lookout [G] _
soon [Dm] he [A] shouted, _ and there [D] lay [D] dead ahead, [G] through a snow-spall [D] loomed [A] the rocks at _ [D] Bacalhau.
_ _ _ But it was [D] hard down by the tiller [G] as we struggled [A] with [D] the sheets, [D] trying [G] our best to haul [A] them in a foot [D] or two.
_ [A] Till _ [D] our deck so [A] [D] sharply [D] tilted we could [A] barely [G] [D] keep our feet as [G] we struggled _ [D] [A] on the rocks at _ [D] _ [A]
Bacalhau.
_ _ _ [D] _ [A] Now the _
[D] [A] plombers [D] beat her under _ and [A] I thought she [A] ne'er would [D] rise, and [G] her [G] main boom it [A] was [A] bending nigh [D] in two.
_ [A] With _ [Dm] her lee [A] rails two foot [D] under, [D] three hands [A] upon the [D] wheel, sure [G] we'd haul her [A] from the [G] rocks at [D] _ [A]
Bacalhau.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [A] _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] Till leeward [A] was the island, _ [D] to [A] windward [D] was the shore, and that [G] blinding sleet would [A] cut you through and [D] through.
_ [A] _ _ [D] But [D] our hearts were [A] beating [D] gladly, [A] for no longer [A] [D] could [D] we gaze down [G] to leeward at [A] the rocks of _ [D] _
Bacalhau.
_ _ _ [A] Down [G] to [D]
leeward at [A] the rocks of [G] _ [D] Bacalhau.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ We were bound [D] home in October _ [D] from the shores of _ Labrador, _ trying [G] to head a strong [A] nor'easter and [G] snow [D] too.
_ [A] The _ _ [D] wind [D] swept down upon [A] us and the [D] day was dark as [Dm] night, just [G] before we [A] made the land [D] at Bacalhau. _
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] Now we tried to clear the island [D] _ [Dm] as we brought her [D] further south, but [G] the wind from out the [A] nor'east [Dm] strung [D] her blue.
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] Till our lookout [G] _
soon [Dm] he [A] shouted, _ and there [D] lay [D] dead ahead, [G] through a snow-spall [D] loomed [A] the rocks at _ [D] Bacalhau.
_ _ _ But it was [D] hard down by the tiller [G] as we struggled [A] with [D] the sheets, [D] trying [G] our best to haul [A] them in a foot [D] or two.
_ [A] Till _ [D] our deck so [A] [D] sharply [D] tilted we could [A] barely [G] [D] keep our feet as [G] we struggled _ [D] [A] on the rocks at _ [D] _ [A]
Bacalhau.
_ _ _ [D] _ [A] Now the _
[D] [A] plombers [D] beat her under _ and [A] I thought she [A] ne'er would [D] rise, and [G] her [G] main boom it [A] was [A] bending nigh [D] in two.
_ [A] With _ [Dm] her lee [A] rails two foot [D] under, [D] three hands [A] upon the [D] wheel, sure [G] we'd haul her [A] from the [G] rocks at [D] _ [A]
Bacalhau.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [A] _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] Till leeward [A] was the island, _ [D] to [A] windward [D] was the shore, and that [G] blinding sleet would [A] cut you through and [D] through.
_ [A] _ _ [D] But [D] our hearts were [A] beating [D] gladly, [A] for no longer [A] [D] could [D] we gaze down [G] to leeward at [A] the rocks of _ [D] _
Bacalhau.
_ _ _ [A] Down [G] to [D]
leeward at [A] the rocks of [G] _ [D] Bacalhau.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _