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Judy Collins - Fishermen Song
[Intro]
    C   G     F(3x)
G    F G
[Verse 1]
The Cfisherman are pitching Ampennies
In the Gsand beside the sea
The Fsunrise hits their Coilskin boots
And their Gpainted boats and me
They Amseem to know the Gocean
Like a Fman Emknows a Dmwoman
She Cmakes him wait around for Ghalf the morning
For the Ftide to Cturn
[Chorus]
FPull in the Cropes, GSeine haul fisherCman
FNever catches Cmore than he Fknows he can Csell in a Gday
FPull in the Cnets, GSeine haul fisherCman
FDay's for Cwork and Fnight's the Ctime to go GdancCingF  C  G  F  
[Verse 2]
They're Cdrinking beer and Amlaughing
And Gsquinting at the sun
FWaiting for the Cgulls to tell them
GWhen the fish will come
Their Amfaces brown and Gweathered
From Fall the Emnets they've Dmrun
They've learned to Cwait, they always Gknow
That the Ftide will CturnG  C  
[Chorus]
FPull in the Cropes, GSeine haul fisherCman
FNever catches Cmore than he Fknows he can Csell in a Gday
FPull in the Cnets, GSeine haul fisherCman
FDay's for Cwork and Fnight's the Ctime to go GdancCingF  C  G  F  
[Instrumental]
C   Am   G    F   C   G
Am   G   F  Em  Dm   C   G   F  C   G C
[Chorus]
FPull in the Cropes, GSeine haul fisherCman
FNever catches Cmore than he Fknows he can Csell in a Gday
FPull in the Cnets, GSeine haul fisherCman
FDay's for Cwork and Fnight's the Ctime to go GdancCingF  C  G  F  
[Verse 3]
CWay out on the Amocean
The Gbig ships hunt for whalesF  
The Japanese have Ccaught so many
That Gnow they hunt for snails
My Amfisherman's not Ggreedy
He Fseems conEmtent to Dmlive
With the Csun and the sand and a Gnet full of fish
When the Ftide CturnsG  C  
[Chorus]
FPull in the Cropes, GSeine haul fisherCman
FNever catches Cmore than he Fknows he can Csell in a Gday
FPull in the Cnets, GSeine haul fisherCman
FDay's for Cwork and Fnight's the Ctime to go GdancCing
[Chorus]
FPull in the Cropes, GSeine haul fisherCman
FNever catches Cmore than he Fknows he can Csell in a Gday
FPull in the Cnets, GSeine haul fisherCman
FDay's for Cwork and Fnight's the Ctime to go GdancCingF  C  F  C  F  C  

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Fishermen Song

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Judy Collins - Fishermen Song

[Intro]

C G F

(3x)

G F G

[Verse 1]

C Am

The fisherman are pitching pennies

In the sand beside the sea

F C

The sunrise hits their oilskin boots

And their painted boats and me

Am G

They seem to know the ocean

F Em Dm

Like a man knows a woman

C G

She makes him wait around for half the morning

F C

For the tide to turn

[Chorus]

F C G C

Pull in the ropes, Seine haul fisherman

F C F C G

Never catches more than he knows he can sell in a day

F C G C

Pull in the nets, Seine haul fisherman

F C F C G C F C G F

Day's for work and night's the time to go dancing

[Verse 2]

C Am

They're drinking beer and laughing

And squinting at the sun

F C

Waiting for the gulls to tell them

When the fish will come

Am G

Their faces brown and weathered

F Em Dm

From all the nets they've run

C G

They've learned to wait, they always know

F C G C

That the tide will turn

[Chorus]

F C G C

Pull in the ropes, Seine haul fisherman

F C F C G

Never catches more than he knows he can sell in a day

F C G C

Pull in the nets, Seine haul fisherman

F C F C G C F C G F

Day's for work and night's the time to go dancing

[Instrumental]

C Am G F C G

Am G F Em Dm C G F C G C

[Chorus]

F C G C

Pull in the ropes, Seine haul fisherman

F C F C G

Never catches more than he knows he can sell in a day

F C G C

Pull in the nets, Seine haul fisherman

F C F C G C F C G F

Day's for work and night's the time to go dancing

[Verse 3]

C Am

Way out on the ocean

G F

The big ships hunt for whales

The Japanese have caught so many

That now they hunt for snails

Am G

My fisherman's not greedy

F Em Dm

He seems content to live

C G

With the sun and the sand and a net full of fish

F C G C

When the tide turns

[Chorus]

F C G C

Pull in the ropes, Seine haul fisherman

F C F C G

Never catches more than he knows he can sell in a day

F C G C

Pull in the nets, Seine haul fisherman

F C F C G C

Day's for work and night's the time to go dancing

[Chorus]

F C G C

Pull in the ropes, Seine haul fisherman

F C F C G

Never catches more than he knows he can sell in a day

F C G C

Pull in the nets, Seine haul fisherman

F C F C G C F C F C F C

Day's for work and night's the time to go dancing

About Fishermen Song Chords by Judy Collins

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