{"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":1851991,"song":"The Shoals O Herrin","artist":"The Corries","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11410737-the-shoals-o-herrin-chords-by-the-corries/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1851991?type=chord","rating":4.72624,"votes":3,"content":"Chords with a slash (like  E/G#) describe the bass line to the previous chord. \r\n\r\n   Tremolo - Capo III\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]         \r\nWith our nets and gear we're faring                     [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOn the wild and wasteful ocean.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]A/G#[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIt's out there on the deep we harvest and reap -  our bread[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs we hunt the bonny shoals o herrin[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nO it was a fine and a pleasant summers day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]A/G#[/ch]     [ch]A/F#[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]    \r\nOut of Yarmouth harbour I was faring[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E/F#[/ch]  [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAs a cabin boy on a sailing lugger[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe were up to hunt the shoals of herring[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow the work was hard and the hours long[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]A/G#[/ch]     [ch]A/F#[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]    \r\nand the treatment surely took some bearing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E/F#[/ch]  [ch]A/G#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]A/G#[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nthere was little kindness and the kicks were many[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nas we hunted for the shoals o herrin[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow we fished the Swarth and the Broken Bank[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]A/G#[/ch]     [ch]A/F#[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]    \r\nI was cook and I'd a quarter share in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E/F#[/ch]  [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]A/G#[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd I used to sleep standing on me feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I dreamed about the shoals o herrin[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe left the home grounds in the month of June[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]A/G#[/ch]     [ch]A/F#[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]    \r\nAnd for Canny Shiels we soon were bearing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E/F#[/ch]  [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]A/G#[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWith a hundred cran of the silver darlings[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat we'd taken from the shoals o herrin[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn the stormy seas and the living gales[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]A/G#[/ch]     [ch]A/F#[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]    \r\nJust to earn your daily bread you're daring[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E/F#[/ch]  [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]A/G#[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nFrom the Dover Straits to the Faroe Islands[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd you're following the shoals o herrin[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow you're up on deck, you're a fisherman[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]A/G#[/ch]     [ch]A/F#[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]    \r\nYou can swear and show a manly bearing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E/F#[/ch]  [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]A/G#[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nTake your turn on deck with the other fellows[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs you're following the shoals o herrin[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Tremolo]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]         \r\nNight and day we’re farin[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCome winter wind or winter gales.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]A/G#[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nSweat or cold, growing up, growing old, or dying [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs you hunt the bonny shoals o herrin.[/tab]","plain_text":"Chords with a slash (like  E/G#) describe the bass line to the previous chord. \n\n   Tremolo - Capo III\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Tremolo]","chords":["E/G","A","Bm","E","A/G#","F#m","D","A/F#","E/F#","G#","E/G#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}