{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1443239,"song":"The Herring Girl","artist":"Bella Hardy","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11255880-the-herring-girl-chords-by-bella-hardy/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1443239?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] \r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh you who look down on me with that judgement in your eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhile the jury picks its fate for me I'd have you save your sighs[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs a child with no family I was begging in the street[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWhen great fortune came and made me a herring girl[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI don't come from there islands from England I have grown[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd born in Great Yarmouth that is my native home[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn autumn when the girls all chased the fish down from the north [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHow I longed that I would one day be a herring girl[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA young girl down from Aberdeen took sick into her bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI asked if there was work and down to Rona I was led[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh she smiled at the height of me and said that I would do[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd as a packer I was joined to be a herring girl[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe season started up in Scotland, I'd just turned 16[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd Rona she's the greatest gutter Stornoway has seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAt 80 fish a minute, and with Mary not much less[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWe 3 were famed as the best crew of herring girls[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLast Saturday was dancing day and the boys were in the town[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe were packing up and clean off and heading for our room[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen a stranger crept behind us in an alley out the back[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nOut to catch himself a couple of fresh herring girls[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh so suddenly he's on us and he's knocked me to the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he's pinned our Rona by the neck so she couldn't make a sound[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut from her apron pocket fell a knife so keen and sharp[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI've taught that man the price of fishing for a herring girl[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh you who look down on me with that judgement in your eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhile the jury picks its fate for me I'd have you save your sighs[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor I'd gladly do the same again to any man that tries [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]            \r\nTo test his luck and take advantage of a herring girl[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r","plain_text":"[Intro]\nDm C Dm C\nDm Bb F C\nBb C Bb \n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nDm C Dm C\nDm Bb F C\nBb C Bb\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nDm C Dm C\nDm Bb F C\nBb C Bb\nBb C Bb","chords":["Dm","C","Bb","F","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}