Intro: F Bb
Verse
F
When the wind's away and the wave away
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That crazy old fool will go down on the bay
Bb Eb
Dodging the ledges and setting his gear
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And come back when the wind drives him in
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But he knows full well the fishing is done
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His credit's all gone and the winter is come
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But as sure as the tide will rise and run
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He'll go back on the bay again
Verse
F
When the snow is down on the Western Bay
Bb Eb F
That fool will go running the Fiddler's Ground
Bb Eb
Hauling his gear in the trough of the sea
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As if he'd no mind of his own
Eb Bb
Yet he knows full well the fishing is done
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His credit's all gone and the winter is come
Bb Cm Eb
But as sure as the tide will rise and run
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He'll go back on the bay again
Verse
F
Well, his father's gone, and his brothers are gone
Bb Eb F
And still he goes down on the dark of the moon
Bb Eb
Rowing the dory and setting the twine
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And it won't even pay for his time
Instrumental:
Eb Bb Eb Bb
Bb Cm Eb Bb F Bb
Verse
F
When the wind's away and the wave away
Bb Eb F
Our children go down on the morning sun
Bb Eb
They go rowing their little boats out on the tide
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And they'll follow their foolish old man
Verse
Eb Bb
Well, you blind old fool, your children are gone
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And you never would tell 'gm the fishing was done
Bb Cm Eb
Their days were numbered the day they were born
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The same as their foolish old man