Free in the Harbour 3/4 Stan Rogers Free in the Harbour
Standard Tuning / Waltz Tempo 1 2+3+ or 1+2+3+ Submitted by Ken Lee
kandvlee@shaw.ca
/ G / C
Well, it's / Blackfish at play in / Hermitage Bay,
/ D / G
From / push through across to Bois / Island. (pronounced BWAS)
/ G
They / broach and they spout, and
/ C
They / lift their flukes out, and
/ A / D
They / wave to a town that is / dyin'.
/ G / C
Now it's / many's the boats, that has / plied on the foam,
C / C - D
Hauling a - way, / Hauling a - way!
/ G /C
But there's / many more fellows, been / leaving their homes,
/ D / G
Where the / whales make free in the / harbour.
/ G / C
It's at / Portage and Main you'll / see them again,
/ D / G
On their / way to the hills of Al - / berta.
/ G / C
With / lop-side grins, they / waggle their chins, and
/ A / D
They / brag of the wage they'll be / earnin'.
/ G
Then it's / quick, pull the string boys, and
C /
Get the / tool out,
C / C - D
Haul it a - way, / Haul it a - way!
/ G / C
But just / two years ago, you could / hear the same shout,
/ D / G
Where the / whales make free in the / harbour.
Chorus:
G / D / G / D
Free in the / Harbour; the / Blackfish are sporting a - / gain,
G / C / / C - D
Free in the / Harbour; un - / troubled by comings and / goings of men,
/ G / C
Who / once did pursue them as / oil from the sea,
C / C - D
Hauling a - way, / Hauling a - way!
/ G / C
Now they're / Calgary roughnecks from / Hermitage Bay,
/ D / G
Where the / whales make free in the / harbour.
Break:
/ G / C
Well, it's a / living they've found, / deep in the ground, and
/ D / G
If there's / doubts, it's best they ig - / nore them.
/ G / C
Nor / think on the bones, the / crosses and stones,
/ A / D
Of their / fathers that came there be - / fore them.
/ G / C
In the / taverns of Edmonton, / fishermen shout,
C / C - D
Haul it a - way, / Haul it a - way!
/ G / C
They left / three hundred years buried / up by the Bay,
/ D / G
Where the / whales make free in the / harbour.
Chorus:
G / C / G
Free in the / harbour...a - / gain.
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