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Chris Rea - Gone Fishing
Intro
|     F|    Em|     G|      C| x2
  GI'm going fishinCg
  GI got me a liCne
  GNothin' I do's gonna' make the dCifference
  GSo I'm taking the tiCme
    GAnd you ain't never gonna' bAme happyAm/G  
    AnyhoFw,   CanywDmay
    G7So I'm going Cfishing
    GAnd I'm going todCay
bridge
|     F|    Em|     G|      C| 
  GI'm going fishiCng
  GSounds crasy I kCnow
  GI know nothing about Cfishing
  GBut just watch me gCo
    GAnd when my tAmime has comAm/Ge
    FI will lCook back and Dmsee
    G7Peace on the sChoreline
    GThat could have been Cme
|      G|      C|      G|      C|    x2
|      G| Am  Am/G|   F    C|     Dm|
|     G7|      C|      G|      C|
    GYou can waste whole AmlifetimeAm/G  
      F  CTrying to DmbeDm/C  
    GWhat you think is exAmpected of Am/Gyou
    FBut you'll Cnever be fDmreeDm  
               G7|       C|     G|     C|      C|
  May as well go fishing
|    Dm|     C|    G7|  CMaj7|
|    Dm|     C|    G7|      C|

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Gone Fishing

by Chris Rea

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Am/G

Dm/C

CMaj7

Chris Rea - Gone Fishing

Intro

F Em G C

| | | | | x2

G C

I'm going fishing

G C

I got me a line

G C

Nothin' I do's gonna' make the difference

G C

So I'm taking the time

G Am Am/G

And you ain't never gonna' be happy

F C Dm

Anyhow, anyway

G7 C

So I'm going fishing

G C

And I'm going today

bridge

F Em G C

| | | | |

G C

I'm going fishing

G C

Sounds crasy I know

G C

I know nothing about fishing

G C

But just watch me go

G Am Am/G

And when my time has come

F C Dm

I will look back and see

G7 C

Peace on the shoreline

G C

That could have been me

G C G C

| | | | | x2

G Am Am/G F C Dm

| | | | |

G7 C G C

| | | | |

G Am Am/G

You can waste whole lifetime

F C Dm Dm/C

Trying to be

G Am Am/G

What you think is expected of you

F C Dm Dm

But you'll never be free

G7 C G C C

| | | | |

May as well go fishing

Dm C G7 CMaj7

| | | | |

Dm C G7 C

| | | | |

About Gone Fishing Chords by Chris Rea

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