Chords for Tiny Fish for Japan Stan Rogers

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_ _ _ _ Where padders [Am] and creeks, [D] muddy waters [Em] run down,
[C] Past the guinea [G] _ _ arcanes, [Am] by the harbor [D] downtown,
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All the [Am] old turtle [D] backs rust in [Em] the rain,
[C] Like they never [D] will leave [G] there again. _ _ _ _
But _ _ _ _ leave there they [Am] will, in [D] the hour [E] before [Em] dawn,
[C] Slip out in [G] the darkness, [Am] without word or [D] song,
[E] For a few more [A] years yet, they [D] will work while [E] they can,
[C] To catch [D] tiny fish [G] for Japan.
_ No [D] white fish or trout [C] here, we leave them [G] alone,
The [C] inspectors [G] raise hell, [Am] if we take any [D] _ home.
What kind of fisherman [G] _
[C] can he [G] dispatch,
[Em] Or call what [A] he's taken [D] his own?
_ It _ _ [G] _ works [Am] three shifts now, [D] there's plenty [Em] of pay,
We [C] ship seventeen [G]
tons of [Am] this garbage [D] each day,
And [Em] if we want to [Am] eat fish, then [D] we'll open [Em] a can,
[C] And catch [D] tiny fish _ [G] for Japan. _
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_ [D] the _ Norfolk Hotel, [C] over far too [G] much beer,
[C] The old guys [G]
remember, [Am] when the water ran [D]
clear,
No poisons with names [C] that we can't [G]
understand,
And [Em] no [A] tiny fish _ [D] for Japan.
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days run [Am] together, _ [D] each one is [Em] the same,
And [C] it's good that [G] the smells have [Am] no lovelier _ [D] name,
For [Em] it's all just a [Am] job, now [D] we'll work while [Em] we can,
[C] To catch [D] tiny fish [G] for Japan. _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Em] _ And [C] we'll catch [D] tiny fish for [G] Japan. _ _ _ _ _
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