Judy Collins – Fishermen Song (Guitar)

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[Intro] C G F (3x) G F G [Verse 1]
    C                      Am
The fisherman are pitching pennies

       G
In the sand beside the sea

    F                  C
The sunrise hits their oilskin boots

          G
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

   G
And squinting at the sun

F               C
Waiting for the gulls to tell them

G
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

                  C
The Japanese have caught so many

     G
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