Ewan Maccoll – The Shoals Of Herring chords

[Intro]
G                 C          GWith our nets and gear we're faring
G                        D   GOn the wild and wasteful ocean
G                          C           GIts there that we hunt and we earn our bread
G                    C         D     GAs we hunted for the shoals of herring


[Verse 1]
G                     C        GO it was a fine and a pleasant day
G                            DOut of Yarmouth harbor I was faring
D    G             C       GAs a cabinboy on a sailing lugger
G                      C         D     GFor to go and hunt the shoals of herring


[Verse 2]
G                           C     GO the work was hard and the hours long
G                                    DAnd the treatment, sure it took some bearing
D         G                        C          GThere was little kindness and the kicks were many
G                    C         D     GAs we hunted for the shoals of herring


[Verse 3]
G                              C      GO we fished the Swarth and the Broken Bank
G                    C       DI was cook and I'd a quarter sharing
D     G                       C      GAnd I used to sleep standing on my feet
G                       C         D     GAnd I'd dream about the shoals of herring


[Verse 4]
G                                C         GO we left the homegrounds in the month of June
G                      C         DAnd to Canny Shiels we soon were bearing
D      G                C      GWith a hundred cran of silver darlings
G                        C         D     GThat we'd taken from the shoals of herring


[Verse 5]
G                      C        GNow you're up on deck, you're a fisherman
G                              DYou can swear and show a manly bearing
D         G                      C     GTake your turn on watch with the other fellows
G                              C         D     GWhile you're searching for the shoals of herring


[Verse 6]
G                          C      GIn the stormy seas and the living gales
G                       C            DJust to earn your daily bread you're daring
D        G                     C     GFrom the Dover Straits to the Faroe Islands
G                       C         D     GAs you're following the shoals of herring


[Verse 7]
G                        C       GO I earned my keep and I paid my way
G                          C     DAnd I earned the gear that I was wearing
D        G                          C       GSailed a million miles, caught ten million fishes
G                     C         D     GWe were sailing after shoals of herring