Three Fishers

Three Fishers    3/4     Stan Rogers     Charles Kingsley and John Hull
Standard Tuning / T T 2+ 3+ Two Bass notes two bottom strings (Cross Picking)                            
by Ken Lee
                                        Comments or suggestions to kandvlee@shaw.ca
Intro: 3 Bars D

         / D                / A              / G         / A
Three / fishers went / sailing out / into the / west,
      / D          / G               / D            / A
Out / into the / west as the / sun went / down,
        / G                    / A               / D                  / A
Each / thought on the / woman that / loved him the / best, and
      / D                   / A                    / G            / A
The / children stood / watching them / out of the / town,

      / D             / A            / G                 / A
For / men must / work and / women must / weep,
                / D         / G           / D          / A
For there’s / little to / earn and / many to / keep, and
      / G          / D       / A              /
The / harbour / bar be / moa - nin’, / and
      / G          / D       / A       / D     / / /
The / harbour / bar be / moa - / nin’. / / /

         / D            / A           / G              / A
Three / wives sat / up in the / lighthouse / tower,
        / D                / G                 / D            / A
They / trimmed the / lamps as the / sun went / down, and
        / G                 / A                     / D                 / A
They / looked at the / squall and they / looked at the / shower, and
       / D                        / A          / G               / A
The / night-wrack came / rollin’ in, / ragged and / brown.

Chorus:

      / D             / A            / G                 / A
For / men must / work and / women must / weep,
            / D             / G                       / D             / A
Though / storms be / sud - den and the / waters be / deep, and
       / G         / D        / A             /
The / harbour / bar be / moa - nin’, / and
       / G         / D        / A       / D
The / Harbour / bar be / moa - / nin’.

Break: One Chorus Instrumental then Repeat last Chorus:

         / D                / A             / G         / A
Three / corpses lay / out on the / shining / sand,
         / D          / G                  / D           / A
In the / morning / gleam as the / tide went / down, and
      / G                 / A               / D                 / A
The / women were / weepin’ and / wringin’ their / hands,
      / D                      / A                / G               / A
For / those who would / never come / back to the / town.

      / D             / A            / G                 / A
For / men must / work and / women must / weep, and
      / D              / G           / D            / A
The / sooner it’s / over, the / sooner to / sleep, and
           / G             / D              / A              /
Good - / bye to the / bar and its / moa - nin’, / and
           / G             / D               / A       / D
Good - / bye to the / bar and it’s / moa - / nin’,

      / D            / A            / G                 / A
Oh / men must / work and / women must / weep, and
      / D              / G           / D            / A
The / sooner it’s / over, the / sooner to / sleep, and
           / G             / D              / A             /
Good - / bye to the / bar and its / moa - nin’, / and
           / G             / D              / A       / D
Good - / bye to the / bar and it’s / moa - / nin’,