{"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":2499192,"song":"Wiscasset Schooners","artist":"Gordon Bok","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11508654-wiscasset-schooners-chords-by-gordon-bok/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2499192?type=chord","rating":4.56879,"votes":3,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]B[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nDo you remember riding home before a dying summer breeze[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nYour tops'ls gleaming golden, setting sun among the trees[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd the osprey wheeling slowly through the shadows by the shore[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWhere the towering cliffs of granite plunge ten fathoms deep or more[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd the eddies swirl and flow down below[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nYou were solid-built of Douglas fir and oak and yellow pine[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nTwo hundred feet, sailed by a crew that numbered only nine[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nHauling lumber through your timberports, and dyewood from the south[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nRunning home from Norfolk, bearing coal to heat the north[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd whatever they could stow down below[/tab]\r\n\r\n{Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nBut the winter is upon you now, and time is passing slow[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd the tides ebb and flow down below[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nYou served them well for fifteen years, your canvas all unfurled[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWhen New England sailing ships were found in ports around the world[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nBut spars gave way to smokestacks, clouds of white to black and grey[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThere was nothing left for you to do, but waste your time away[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd the rot was spreading slow, down below[/tab]\r\n\r\n{Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nBut the winter is upon you now, and time is passing slow[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd the tides ebb and flow down below[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nFrom Wiscasset to the China Lakes, the Narrow Gauge did run[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd to push it northward to Quebec was old Frank Winter's plan[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd the schooners were to bring his cargoes in to meet the train[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWhen he found you idle by the dock, he brought you down to Maine[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWhere the tides ebb and flow down below[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nYou know he tried the best he could, but he just couldn't make it pay[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nSo he ran you both aground, and turned around and walked away[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nYou've been waiting here for fifty years, but no one set you free[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nNow you're broken down and dying, lying open to the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd the tides ebb and flow down below[/tab]\r\n\r\n{Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd the winter is upon you now, and time is passing slow[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd the tides ebb and flow down below[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nNow the people come to stare at you with wonder in their eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nFor times have changed since men knew how to work a ship your size[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd the seas you sailed are running black, in time we'll know our loss[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nIt's too late now for you, but is it too late now for us?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nCan you teach what you know before you go?[/tab]\r\n\r\n{Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nFor the winter is upon you now, and time is passing slow[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd the tides ebb and flow down below[/tab]\r\n\r\n{Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nFor the winter is upon you now, and time is passing slow[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd the tides ebb and flow down below[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nB G#m E F# E F# B\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n{Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n{Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n{Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n{Chorus]\n\n\n\n{Chorus]","chords":["B","G#m","E","F#","C#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}