Gordon Bok – Another Bay (Guitar)

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[Intro] G F G F C/E Dm7 C [Verse]
                              F   C
It wasn't like this last year

                            F
It wasn't like this at all

        G                        F
We were taking the blues and the groupers

     G                 C     G
From February into the fall

                    Am        G
You get to ask that question

                           Am    G
When you're up against the wall

                         F     C/E
It wasn't like this last year

                   Dm7     C
It wasn't like this at all
[Chorus]
F
Speak, speak, Bonac

       G         F          Bb       C
It's a fair gant end to the bayman's day

       F
Speak, speak Bonac

G                       F       C/E
All of the children are moving away

       Dm7       C
Has it come down plain

      F       C
Is it time to seine on another bay?
[Instrumental] C F G F C [Verse]
                   F        C
Could these be the Lesters

                       F
Who used to run this town

         G                    F          G
When the right-whale swam off Ponquogue

                             C
They'd sail their tall ships down

          G              Am       G
There was Lesters in the rigging

               Am
Lesters on the Sound

      G                    F       C/E
Could these old men be the Lesters

            Dm7      C
Who used to run this town?
[Chorus]
F
Speak, speak, Bonac

       G         F          Bb       C
It's a fair gant end to the bayman's day

       F
Speak, speak Bonac

G                       F       C/E
All of the children are moving away

       Dm7       C
Has it come down plain

      F       C
Is it time to seine on another bay?
[Instrumental] G F G Am G F C Dm7 C [Verse]
                         F        C
Last night when you went fishing

                      F
I saw you face to face

  G                  F
I knew as clear as a bell in the fog

            G          C     G
You'd never leave this place

                       Am
No more can the hunter up in the sky

     G                Am
Give up his fruitless chase

G                           F
Clear as a bell through the fog at night

       C/E    Dm7      C
When I saw you face to face

G                           F             C/E
Clear as a bell through the fog at night

            Dm7        C
You'd never leave this place
[Chorus]
F
Speak, speak, Bonac

       G         F          Bb       C
It's a fair gant end to the bayman's day

       F
Speak, speak Bonac

G                       F       C/E
All of the children are moving away

       Dm7       C
Has it come down plain

      F       C
Is it time to seine on another bay?