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capo 2 — sounds 2 semitones higherSong
This haunting version of Three Fishers was arranged by Garnet Rogers, and included on
his brother Stan's For the Family album.
Standard Tuning, capo 2
Picking pattern:
e|---------------|---------------| B|--------1------|--------0------| G|------2-----2--|------2-----2--| D|----2-----2----|----2-----2----| A|--0------------|--0------------| E|---------------|---------------|
Intro
Verse 1
Three fishers went sailing out into the west
Out into the west as the sun went down
Each thought on the woman that loved him the best,
and the children stood watching them out of the town
Chorus
For men must work and women must weep
For there's little to earn and many to keep,
and the harbour bar be moanin',
and the harbour bar be moanin'
Verse 2
Three wives sat up in the lighthouse tower
They trimmed the lamps as the sun went down,
and they looked at the squall and they looked at the shower,
and the night-wrack came rollin' in, ragged and brown
Chorus
For men must work and women must weep
Though storms be sudden and the waters be deep,
and the harbour bar be moanin',
and the Harbour bar be moanin'
Violin Solo
Chorus
For men must work and women must weep
Though storms be sudden and the waters be deep,
and the harbour bar be moanin',
and the harbour bar be moanin'
Verse 3
Three corpses lay out on the shining sand
In the morning gleam as the tide went down,
The women were weepin' and wringin' their hands
For those who would never come back to the town
Chorus
For men must work and women must weep,
and the sooner it's over, the sooner to sleep,
and Good - bye to the bar and its moanin',
and Good - bye to the bar and its moanin'
Chorus
For men must work and women must weep,
and the sooner it's over, the sooner to sleep,
and Good - bye to the bar and its moanin',
and Good - bye to the bar and its moanin'.
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