{"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":1453446,"song":"Squid Jiggin Ground","artist":"Hank Snow","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11259085-squid-jiggin-ground-chords-by-hank-snow/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1453446?type=chord","rating":4.44566,"votes":9,"content":"Words & Music by Arthur R. Scammell\r\nRecorded by Hank Snow\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch] \r\nOh this is the place where the fishermen gather[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]       \r\nIn oil-skins and boots and the Cape hands batten down;[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll sizes of figures with squid lines and jiggers,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey congregate here on the Squid Jiggin' Ground.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSome are workin' their jiggers, while others are yarnin',[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]       \r\nThere's some standin' up and there's more lyin' down;[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch] \r\nWhile all kinds of fun, jokes and drinks are begun,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs they wait for the squid on the Squid Jiggin' Ground.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's men of all ages and boys in the bargain,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]       \r\nThere's old Billy Cave and there's young Raymond Brown;[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's Rip, Red and Gory out here in the dory,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nA runnin' down squires on the Squid Jiggin' Ground.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's men from the harbor, there's men from the tickle,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]       \r\nAnd all kinds of motor-boats, green, gray and brown;[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRight yonder is Bobby and with him is Nobby,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe's chawin' hard tack on the Squid Jiggin' Ground.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGod bless my soul, list to, there's Skipper John Champy,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]       \r\nHe's the best hand at squid jiggin' here, I'll be bound;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHello, what's the row? Why he's jiggin' one now,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe very first squid on the Squid Jiggin' Ground.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe man with the whiskers is old Jacob Steele,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]       \r\nHe's gettin' well on, but he's still pretty sound;[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhile Uncle Bob Hockins wears six pairs of stockin's[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhenever he's out on the Squid Jiggin' Ground.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHoly Smoke! What a scuffle! All hands are excited,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]       \r\nIt's a wonder to me that there's nobody drowned;[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's a bustle, confusion, the wonderful hustle,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey're all jiggin' squid on the Squid Jiggin' Ground.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSays Barney, \"The squids are on top of the water,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]       \r\nI just felt me jiggers jig five fat homs down[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut a squid in the boat squirted right down his throat,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow he's swearin'like mad on the Squid Jiggin' Ground.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's poor Uncle Louie, his whiskers are spattered[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]G7[/ch]       \r\nWith spots of the squid juice that's flyin' around;[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOne poor little guy got it right in the eye,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut they don't give a darn on the Squid Jiggin' Ground.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow, if you feel inclined to go squiddin',[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]       \r\nLeave your white shirt and your collar in the town;[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd if you get cranky without your silk hanky,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou'd better steer clear of the Squid Jiggin' Ground.[/tab]","plain_text":"Words & Music by Arthur R. Scammell\nRecorded by Hank Snow","chords":["C","F","A7","G7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}