Chords for Great Big Sea: Fisherman's Lament

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_ _ _ I stand in my doorway as the moon rises [A] high
[D] Over glorious _ [A] ocean [G] reflects the bright [A] sky
[D] My heart it is [A] aching [Bm] so much I [A] could die [D] I've known only [A] the [E] ocean since [G] I was [A] a boy _ _
And [G] I spent my whole life [A] out there on [D] the sea
[G] Some government [Em] bastard now [G] takes it from [A] me _
[G] It's not just the fish, _ [A] they've taken my [D] pride I [G] feel so [Em] ashamed that I [A] just want [D] to hide
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I fished with my [A] father [G] so long, long [A] ago We [D] were proud of [A] our trade
[G] And in us it [A] did show [D] We held our [A] heads high
There [G] was lots of [A] fish then _ [D] That was the [A] time [G] when we were [A] proud men
We _ [D] challenged [A] great storms [G] and sometimes [A] we won
_ [D] Faced death and [A] disaster, [G] we rose with [A] the sun
[D] We worked and [A] we toiled, we [G] strained our [A] manned brain
[D] We were a [A] proud people, will [G] we ever be [A] again? _ _
And [G] I spent my whole life [A] out there on [D] the sea
[G] Some government [Em] bastard [G] now takes it [A] from me
[G] It's not just the fish, [A] they've taken [D] my pride I [G] feel so [Em] ashamed that [A] I just want [D] to _ [A] hide
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_ father [A] is gone now [G] and the fish are [A] gone too
_ [D] _ Abused and [A] mismanaged, [G] oh what can [A] we do?
[D] I'm too old [A] to change, [G] but what of [A] my sons?
[D] How will [A] they know [G] that we were [A] the ones?
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_ [A] EFO regulations [G] permitted [A] the rape [D] Of our beautiful [A] ocean [G] from headland [A] to cape
[D] They brought in [A] big trawlers, [G] they tore up [A] our twine
_ [D] Politicians [A] don't care for [G] what's yours or [A] what's _ mine _
[G] I spent my whole life [A] out there on [D] the sea
[G] Some government [Em] bastard [G] now takes it [A] from me _
[G] It's not just the fish, [A] they've taken my [D] pride I [G] feel so [Em] ashamed that [A] I just want [D] to hide
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_ _ brave [A] Newfoundlanders, [G] now listen [A] to me
[D] Shove the package [A] to hell, [Em] go [G] back to [A] the sea
[D] _ _ [A] _ [D] If we don't stand [A] our ground, [G] we will fade [A] away
[D] And the bones of [A] our fathers [G] will turn [A] into clay _ _
I [G] spent my whole life [A] out there on [D] the sea
[G] Some government [Em] bastard [G] now takes it [A] from me
[G] It's not just the fish, _ [A] they've taken my [D] pride [G] I feel so [Em] ashamed that [A] I just want to die
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