Dan Fogelberg – The Reach (Guitar)

Capo II
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This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the
song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.
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     E              Esus4
It's Maine and it's Autumn

    E            Esus4      Bsus4    
The Birches have just begun turning

     E             Esus4
It's life and it's dying

    E            Esus4        Bsus4   
The lobsterman's boats come returning

         C#m                       A
With the catch of the day in their holds

        C#m                    A   B
And the young boys cold and complaining

    E             Esus4
The fog meets the beaches

    E          Esus4       E        Esus4   E
And out on the Reach it is raining.

     E          Esus4
It's father and son

         E             Esus4          Bsus4      
It's the way it's been done since the old days

     E          Esus4          E            Esus4
It's hauling by hand ten miles out from the land

            Bsus4        B
Where their chow waits

        C#m                     A
And the days are all lonely and long

        C#m                     A       B
And the seas grow so stormy and strong, but...

    E               Esus4
The Reach will sing welcome

   E             Esus4  E      Esus4   E
as homeward they hurry along

                     E    Esus4  E
And the morning will blow a - -  way

       E               A
As the waves crash and fall

                     E    Esus4 E
And The Reach like a si - ren   sings

       E           F#m      A
As she beckons and calls

                   E     Esus4  E
As the coastline recedes from   view

        E              A
And the seas swell and grow

A                    E
I will take from The Reach

                   F#m
All the she has to teach

                    E Esus4 E
To the depths of my soul

E                 Esus4
The wind brings a chill

          E            Esus4       Bsus4    
There's a frost on the sill in the morning

   E                  Esus4
It creeps through the door

    E          Esus4         Bsus4    
And out on the shore, ice is forming

         C#m                       A
Soon the Northers will bluster and blow

        C#m                         A   B
And the woods will be whitened with snowfall

E                      Esus4
And The Reach will lie frozen

        E          Esus4     E     Esus4    E
For the lost and unchosen to row.

                     E    Esus4  E
And the morning will blow a - -  way

       E               A
As the waves crash and fall

                     E    Esus4 E
And The Reach like a si - ren   sings

       E           F#m      A
As she beckons and calls

                   E     Esus4  E
As the coastline recedes from   view

        E              A
And the seas swell and grow

A                    E
I will take from The Reach

                   F#m
All the she has to teach

                    E Esus4 E
To the depths of my soul

D Dsus4 A E 
          (let ring)