The Waterboys – Fishermans Blues - Mandolin Tab (Guitar)

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FISHERMANS BLUES - The Waterboys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tabbed by: Leon Bamford
E-mail: [email protected]

* Note * This is the tabulature for the mandolin parts, to be played on a mandolin. 
As this is mainly played on the top two strings, you can play it on the guitar by tuning the B string to A.


Intro:

   G  (Tremolo pick)                     F                          

[tab]||-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---8----7---|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---5----7---|
||-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---7----5---|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---3----5---|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  Am  
                             C
|-8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---10---10---|-8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---8----8---|
|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---7----7----|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---7----7---|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|

G F

|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----8----7---|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---5----7---|
|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----7----5---|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---3----5---|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Am C

|-8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--8--8--8--8-|--------------------------------||
|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--7--7--7--7-|-3-2-3-5-3-2-----3-2-3-5-3-2----||
|---------------------------------|-------------5---------------5--||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------||

Verse 1: 1. I Wish I was a Fisherman... Tumblin' on the seas. 2. Casting out my sweet line.... With abandonment and love. G (Rake) F (Rake)

||-3----^-------------------------|-1----^-------------------------|
||-2---^--------------------------|-0---^--------------------------|
||-0--^---------------------------|-3--^---------------------------|
||-0-^----------------------------|-5-^----------------------------|

1. Far away from dry land... And it's bitter memories 2. No ceiling bearin' down on me... 'Cept the starry sky above. Am (Rake) C (Rake)

 |-0----^-------------------------|-0----^-------------------------||
 |-0---^--------------------------|-3---^--------------------------||
 |-2--^---------------------------|-2--^---------------------------||
 |-5-^----------------------------|-0-^----------------------------||

Chorus: With light in my head... You in my arms... Woohoo! G (Tremolo) F Am

||-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---8----7---|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---5----7---|-8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---8----8---||
||-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---7----5---|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---3----5---|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---7----7---||
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||

Fiddle Solo: G F

||-3---3-------3-------3----5-3--|-1-0-1-3-1-0-----1-0-1-3-1-0----|
||-2---2---2---2---2---2----2-2--|-0-----------3---0-----------3--|
||-0-------0-------0-------------|-3-----------x---3-----------x--|
||-0-------0-------0-------------|-5-----------5---5-----------5--|

Am C

|-0---0-------0-------0----------|-0---0-------0-------0----------|
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---2------|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|
|-2-------2-------2-------0------|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|
|-5-------5-------5-------5------|-0-------0-------0-------0------|

G F

|-3---3-------3-------3----5-3---|-1-0-1-3-1-0-----1-0-1-3-1-0----|
|-2---2---2---2---2---2----2-2---|-0-----------3---0-----------3--|
|-0-------0-------0--------------|-3-----------x---3-----------x--|
|-0-------0-------0--------------|-5-----------5---5-----------5--|

Am C

|-0---0-------0-------0----------|-0------------------------------||
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---2------|-3-2-3-5-3-2-----3-2-3-5-3-2----||
|-2-------2-------2-------0------|-x-----------5---------------5--||
|-5-------5-------5-------5------|-0------------------------------||

Verse 2:

  G
I wish I was the brakeman

     F
On a hurtlin' fevered train

Am
Crashing a-headlong into the heartland

       C
Like a cannon in the rain

         G
With the beating of the sleepers

        F
And the burnin' of the coal

Am
Counting the towns flashing by

     C
In a night that's full of soul

Chorus: Fiddle Solo: x2 Verse 3:

       G
Well I know I will be loosened

     F
From bonds that hold me fast

         Am
That the chains all hung around me

     C
Will fall away at last

    G
And on that fine and fateful day

       F
I will take thee in my arms

Am
I will ride on the train

       C
I will be the fisherman

Chorus: Repeat to end