(The Bonnie) Shoals Of Herring Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]With our nets and gear we're fer[G]rying[C]
On the wild and [F]waste[C]ful ocean
It's out [G]there on the [F]deep
We [C]harvest and [F]reap [C]our bread
As we hunt the bonny [F]shoals [C]of [G]herring[C]
Oh, it was a fine and a pleasant day
Out of Yarmouth Harbour I was [G]sparing
As a [C]cabin boy on a sailing lugger
We were following the [G]shoals of her[C]ring
Now you're up on deck,
you're a fisherman
You can swear and show a manly [G]bearing
Take your [C]turn and watch
with the other fellas
As you're hunting for the
[G]shoals of her[C]ring
Though we fished a swat at the broken bank,
I was cook and I'd a quarter [G]share in
And I [C]used to sleep standing on me feet
As we hunted for the [G]shoals of her[C]ring
We left the home grounds
in the months of June
And for canny shields we
soon were [G]bearing
With a [C]hundred crowns of
the silver darlings
That we'd taken from the
[G]shoals of her[C]ring
In the stormy seas and the living gales
Just to earn your daily
bread you're [G]faring
From the [C]Dover Straits till
the Faroe Islands
And you're hunting for the
[G]shoals of [C]herring
Well, I earned me keep and
they paid me way
And I earned the gear that I was [G]wearing
Saved a [C]million miles,
caught ten million fishes
We were hunting after
[G]shoals of her[C]ring
You're net rope man now,
boy you're on the move
And you're learning all
about sea[G]faring
[C]That's your education,
scraps of navigation
As you hunt the bony shoals
[G]of herrin[C]g
Night and day the seas were [G]daring
[C]Come wind or come our[C] winter gale
Sweating or cold, grow[C]ing up,
growing [F]old [C]or dying
As you hunt the bunny shoals of [G]Heron [C]Bay.