Chords for Stan Rogers - Fisherman's Wharf

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It was in the spring [G] this year of [A]
grace [F] with new [G] life pushing [Am] through _ _
[G] That I looked from the citadel [C] down to the [Em] narrows and asked what it's coming [F] to.
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I [Am] saw her Canadian [G] concrete [Am] and glass [F] right down to the water [D] line. _
I [Bb] have heard an old song [Am] down on Fisherman's Wharf.
Can [F] I sing [G] it just [Am] one time? _ _
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With half-closed eyes [G] against the [A] sun for [F] the warm [G] wind giving [Am] thanks. _
I [G] dreamed of the years [C] of the deep laden schooners [Em] thrashing home from their grand [F] banks.
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[A] The last [Am] fly is done [G] in the harbor [A] sun [F] with her picture on a [D] dime. _ _
[Bb] But I heard an old song [Am] down on Fisherman's Wharf.
[F] Can I sing it [G] just [Am] one time? _ _
[F] Can I sing it [G] just [Am] one time?
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[D] And hauled [G] away in heaver [Gb]
home [C] this song is heard [Am] no more. _
[Bb] No boats to sing it [Am] for. _ _
[Bb] No sails to sing it [Am] for.
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[D] There rises [C] now [D] a single [E]
tide [C] of tourists passing [A] through.
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We [Bb] traded old ways [Am] for the new. _
_ [Bb] _ Old ways [Am] for the new. _
_ [Bb] Old ways for [Am] the new.
[Bb] For the new. _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Am] Now _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ you ask what's this [G] romantic [A] boy [F] who laments [G] what's done and [Am] gone? _
_ [G] There was no romance on [C] a cold winter [Em] ocean and the gale sang an awful [F] song.
[G] _ [Am] But my father's new [G] of wind [A] and tide [F] and my blood is [D] maritime. _
_ [Bb] And I heard an old song down [Am] on Fisherman's Wharf.
[F] Can I sing [G] it just [Am] one time?
_ [F] Can I sing [G] it just [A] one time?
[G] _ [D] And _ hauled away in [Fm]
[E] heaver [C] home this song is [B] heard no [Am]
more.
_ [Bb] No boats to sing it [Am] for.
_ No [Bb] sails to sing it [Am]
for.
[G] _ [D] There rises [Gm] now a single [E] tide [C] of tourists passing [A] through.
_ We [Bb] traded old ways [Am] for the new.
_ _ _ [Bb] Old ways [Am] for the new.
_ _ [Bb] Old ways [Am] for the new.
_ [Bb] For the new. _ _
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_ _ _ So it was in the spring [G] this year of [A] grace [F] with new [G] life pushing [Am] through.
_ That [G] I looked from the Citadel [C] down to the [Em] Narrows and asked what it's coming [F] to.
_ [G] I [Am] saw a Perkanadian [G] concrete [A] and glass [F] right down to the water [D] line.
_ _ [Bb] I have heard an old song [Am] down on Fisherman's Wharf.
[F] Can I sing it [G] just [Am] one time?
_ _ [F] Can I sing [G] it just [Am] one time?
_ [F] Can I sing [G] it just [A] one time?
[Am] _ [F] Can I sing [G] it just [Am] one time?
Thank you. _ _ _
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