The Shoals of Herring Chords by Liam Clancy

With our nets and gear we're fair _ _ _
_ [A] on the wild _ [Bm] and _ _ _ wasteful _ _ [E] ocean
_ _ _ [G#] It's out there on the _ deep
And that we harvest and reap our bread
_ _ _ _ _ _
As we _ _ hunt the funny _ _ shoals
_ [A] of hair
_ It _ _ _ _ _ was on a [D] fair and a [A] pleasant day
Out of the arm of the harbor I [E] was farin'
[A] As a [D] cabin boy
on a [A] sailing lover
For to hunt the funny [A] shoals of hair
_ _ Oh we left the home [D] grounds in the [A] month of June
And for canny shields we soon were [E] _
bearing
With [A] a [D] hundred crown of the [A] silver darlets
That we'd taken from the shoals of herring
_ _ Now the work was hard and the hours were long
And the treatment sure it took some [E]
bearing
[A] And I used [D] to sleep standing on [A] me feet
And I'd dream about the shoals of herring
_ _ You're net rope man now [D] boy you're [A] on the move
You can swear and show a [E] manly bearing
[A] Take your turn [D] on deck with the [A] other fellas
As you're following the shoals of herring
_ _ Now you're up on [D] deck you're [A] a fisherman
And you're learning all about [E] _
seafaring
[A] That's your [D] education scraps of [A] navigation
As you hunt the funny shoals of herring _
_ In the stormy [D] seas and the [A] living gales
I earned the gear that I was [E] wearing
Sailed ten [A] [D] thousand miles, caught ten [A] million fishes
As we hunted for the shoals of herring _
_ _ _ And it's night and day [E] we're fed
[A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] Come winter [D] _
_ wave [Am] or winter [E] _ _ _ _ gale
Sweating [D] our _ _ coat, [A] growing up, growing [D] _ old, or [A] dying _
[G#] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
[A] We will _ hunt the funny [D] _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] shoals [E]
of _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _
herring _ _ _ _
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