Chords for Three Sisters Sessions: Rum Ragged - The Thing About Fish

What is it about fish [Gb] you may never have [Db] been to see never eaten [Ebm] or seen?
[Gb] Fish that shape [Db] your destiny.
That's the [Eb] thing about fish _
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[Eb] We've heard all [Db] the stories
[Eb] _ Songs that tell us [Gb] how people [Db] survived [Ebm] here throughout [Bbm] the years
_ [Ebm] And how [Db] the poor families [Gb] of [Bbm] laboring fish
[Ebm] Got by [Eb] another [Gb] but blood [Bbm] sweat tears _
[Bb] What is it [Ebm] about fish [Gb] that haunts the soul [Db] and wanders here?
It [Ebm] takes us back [Gb] to a bleaker time [Db] one more severe.
That's the [Ebm] thing about fish _
[Db] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] If you [Db] read your history, [Bb] you know that [Gb] it's always [Db] been said [Bb] how hard done by [Bbm] we are
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So off [Db]-repeated [Gb] we've come [Bbm] to believe it so [Ebm] we stand still [Db] and wonder [Bbm] why we never
What is it [Ebm] about fish [Gb] that makes [Db] us want to give it all away?
[Ebm] Whatever we are [Gb] this fish that brought [Db] us where we are today.
That's the [Ab] thing about _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ We [Eb] just have to [Bb] cast a [Eb] glance over our shoulder at the [Gb] trail of [Ab] false prophets
[Ebm] Who led us [Bbm] far wrong?
[Ebm] Be wary [Db] of those
[Gb] Flaring Patriot [Bbm] trumpets [B] as though [Db] there was doubt about where [Bbm] we be
What [Ab] is it [Ebm] about fish [Gb] and how our [Db] story has been told?
Now it's all [Ebm] about oil
[Gb] _ Hydrolyzed [Db] or nickel and gold.
They don't [Ebm] smell like fish.
[Gb] They brought us here [Db] from distant lands
Our [Ebm] owner to flake trying [Gb] to scrub the [Db] smell of our hands.
That's [B] the thing about
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_ [Eb] The strength that we gained from the journey we've taken
[Gb] The loved ones [Ab] we've lost [Eb] to the treacherous
_ [Bbm] _ home
[Ebm] The pride that we share [Gb] in the land [Bbm] of our forebears [Ebm] good fortunes
[Eb] We seek [Gb] in the comforts [Bbm] of home
What is [Ebm] it about fish?
[Gb] Ancient symbol [Db] of Christian love feeds [Ebm] body and soul _
[Gb] Promotions [Db] rule by God above [Ebm] that's the thing about fish
[Gb] You may [Db] never have been to see never [Ebm] ignore see
[Gb] Fish that [Db] shape your destiny.
That's the thing [B] about
_ [Gb] That's the thing about [Ab] fish.
That's the [B] thing about [Gb] fish.
That's [Ebm] the thing about
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