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Three Fishers

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Standard Tuning / T T 2+ 3+ Two Bass notes two bottom strings (Cross Picking)
Intro: 3 Bars D
/ D/ A/ G/ A  
Three / fishers went / sailing out / into the / west,
/ D/ G/ D/ A  
Out / into the / west as the / sun went / down,
/ G/ A/ D/ A  
Each / thought on the / woman that / loved him the / best, and
/ D/ A/ G/ A  
The / children stood / watching them / out of the / town,
/ D/ A/ G/ A  
For / men must / work and / women must / weep,
/ D/ G/ D/ A  
For there's / little to / earn and / many to / keep, and
/ G / D / A /
The / harbour / bar be / moa - nin', / and
/ G / D / A / D / / /
The / harbour / bar be / moa - / nin'. / / /
/ D/ A/ G/ A  
Three / wives sat / up in the / lighthouse / tower,
/ D/ G/ D/ A  
They / trimmed the / lamps as the / sun went / down, and
/ G/ A/ D/ A  
They / looked at the / squall and they / looked at the / shower, and
/ D/ A/ G/ A  
The / night-wrack came / rollin' in, / ragged and / brown.
Chorus:
/ D/ A/ G/ A  
For / men must / work and / women must / weep,
/ D/ G/ D/ A  
Though / storms be / sud - den and the / waters be / deep, and
/ G / D / A /
The / harbour / bar be / moa - nin', / and
/ G/ D/ A/ D  
The / Harbour / bar be / moa - / nin'.
Break: One Chorus Instrumental then Repeat last Chorus:
/ D/ A/ G/ A  
Three / corpses lay / out on the / shining / sand,
/ D/ G/ D/ A  
In the / morning / gleam as the / tide went / down, and
/ G/ A/ D/ A  
The / women were / weepin' and / wringin' their / hands,
/ D/ A/ G/ A  
For / those who would / never come / back to the / town.
/ D/ A/ G/ A  
For / men must / work and / women must / weep, and
/ D/ G/ D/ A  
The / sooner it's / over, the / sooner to / sleep, and
/ G / D / A /
Good - / bye to the / bar and its / moa - nin', / and
/ G/ D/ A/ D  
Good - / bye to the / bar and it's / moa - / nin',
/ D/ A/ G/ A  
Oh / men must / work and / women must / weep, and
/ D/ G/ D/ A  
The / sooner it's / over, the / sooner to / sleep, and
/ G / D / A /
Good - / bye to the / bar and its / moa - nin', / and
/ G/ D/ A/ D  
Good - / bye to the / bar and it's / moa - / nin',
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