Intro
G F G F C/E Dm7 C
Verse
F C
It wasn't like this last year
F
It wasn't like this at all
G F
We were taking the blues and the groupers
G C G
From February into the fall
Am G
You get to ask that question
Am G
When you're up against the wall
F C/E
It wasn't like this last year
Dm7 C
It wasn't like this at all
F
Speak, speak, Bonac
G F Bb C
It's a fair gant end to the bayman's day
F
Speak, speak Bonac
G F C/E
All of the children are moving away
Dm7 C
Has it come down plain
F C
Is it time to seine on another bay?
Instrumental
C F G F C
Verse
F C
Could these be the Lesters
F
Who used to run this town
G F G
When the right-whale swam off Ponquogue
C
They'd sail their tall ships down
G Am G
There was Lesters in the rigging
Am
Lesters on the Sound
G F C/E
Could these old men be the Lesters
Dm7 C
Who used to run this town?
F
Speak, speak, Bonac
G F Bb C
It's a fair gant end to the bayman's day
F
Speak, speak Bonac
G F C/E
All of the children are moving away
Dm7 C
Has it come down plain
F C
Is it time to seine on another bay?
Instrumental
G F G Am G F C Dm7 C
Verse
F C
Last night when you went fishing
F
I saw you face to face
G F
I knew as clear as a bell in the fog
G C G
You'd never leave this place
Am
No more can the hunter up in the sky
G Am
Give up his fruitless chase
G F
Clear as a bell through the fog at night
C/E Dm7 C
When I saw you face to face
G F C/E
Clear as a bell through the fog at night
Dm7 C
You'd never leave this place
F
Speak, speak, Bonac
G F Bb C
It's a fair gant end to the bayman's day
F
Speak, speak Bonac
G F C/E
All of the children are moving away
Dm7 C
Has it come down plain
F C
Is it time to seine on another bay?