The Shoals Of Herring Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
With our [G]nets and gear [D]we're farin'[G]
On the wide and [C]wasteful [G]ocean[D]
It was there [G]in the [C]deep
Where we [G]harvest and [C]reap our [G]bread
As we hunted for the [C]shoals of [D]herring
[G]It was on a fair and a ple[C]asant day[G]
Out of the Armourth Harbour I was [D]sparing
As a [G]cabin [D]boy on a [C]sailing let[G]ter
For to go and hunt the [C]shoals of [D]herring
[G]Oh, the work was hard,
and the [C]hours were [G]long
And the trade went sure,
took some [D]bearing
There was [G]little kind[D]ness,
and the [C]cakes were [G]many
As we hunted for the [C]shoals of [D]herring
[G]Oh, we fished the sword and the [C]broken [G]bank
I was cookin' and I'd a quarter [D]sharing
And I [G]used to [D]sleep standing
[C]on my [G]feet
And I'd dream about the
[C]Shoals of [D]Death[G]
Oh, we left the home grounds
in the [C]month of [G]June
And two canny shields we
soon were [D]bearing
With a [G]hundred [D]clan of the
[C]silver [G]darlings
That we've taken from the
[C]shoals of [D]herring
[G]Now you're up on deck,
you're a [C]fisherman
[G]You can swear and show a manly [D]bearing
Take your [G]turn and [D]watch with
the [C]other fel[G]lows
While you're searching
for the [C]shoals of [D]herring
[G]In the stormy seas and the liv[C]ing gales
[G]Just to earn your daily
bread you're [D]daring
From the [G]Dover [D]straits to the
[C]Faroe [G]Is lands
As you're following the
[C]shoulder of [D]Herring
[G]Oh, I earned my keep
and they [C]paid me [G]way
And I earned the gear that I was [D]wearing
Sailed a [G]million miles,
[D]caught ten mil[C]lion fis[G]hes
We were sailing after [C]shoals of [D]herring
[G]Oh, night and day we're far[D]ing
[G]Come winter win[C]d, oh, winter gal[G]e[D]
Sweating [G]of cold, [C]growing up,
[G]growing [C]older, [G]dying
As we haunt the body [C]shows [G]of [D]herring
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