Bluenose 4/4 Stan Rogers
Standard Tuning No Capo Submitted by Ken Lee
Intro: kandvlee@shaw.ca
/ Am (x02210@1) / COnce (x32010@1)a - / gain with the tide, she / slips her lines,
/ C (x32010@1) / AmTurns (x02210@1)her / head and comes a - / wake,
/ Am (x02210@1) / CWhere (x32010@1)she / lay so still there at / Privateers Wharf,
/ F (133211@1) / AmNow (x02210@1)she / quickly gathers / way,
/ Am (x02210@1) / / CShe (x32010@1)will / range far / south of the / harbour mouth, and
/ C (x32010@1) / D (xx0232@1) / /
Re - / joice with every / wave, / /
Am (x02210@1) / C (x32010@1) / F (133211@1) / /
Who will know the / Bluenose in the / sun.
/ Am (x02210@1) / CFeel (x32010@1)her / bow rise free of / Mother sea,
/ C (x32010@1) / AmIn (x02210@1)a / sunburst cloud of / spray,
/ Am (x02210@1) / CThat (x32010@1)/ stings the cheek, while the / rigging will speak
/ F (133211@1) / AmOf (x02210@1)/ sea miles gone a - / way,
/ Am (x02210@1) / CShe (x32010@1)is / always best under / full press,
/ C (x32010@1) / D (xx0232@1) / /
Hard / over as she'll / lay. / /
Chorus: @2
Am (x02210@1) / C (x32010@1) / Am (x02210@1) / /
Who will know the / Bluenose in the / sun,
/ Am (x02210@1) / CThe (x32010@1)/ proud past queen of the / Grand Banks fleet,
/ C (x32010@1) / AmPort (x02210@1)- / rayed on every / dime,
/ Am (x02210@1) / DKnew (xx0232@1)/ hard work in her / time,
/ F (133211@1) / AmHard (x02210@1)/ work in every / line.
/ Am (x02210@1) / CThe (x32010@1)/ rich man's toys o' the / Gloucester boys,
/ C (x32010@1) / AmWith (x02210@1)their / token bit of / cod,
/ Am (x02210@1) / CThey (x32010@1)/ snapped their spars and / strained to pass
/ Cher (x32010@1)/ by,
/ F (133211@1) / AmBut (x02210@1)she / left them all be - / hind,
/ DNow (xx0232@1)her namesake / daughter re - mains,
/ F (133211@1) / AmTo (x02210@1)/ show what she has / been.
/ CWhat (x32010@1)every / school boy remembers, and
F (133211@1) / AmWill (x02210@1)not come a - / gain,
/ Am (x02210@1) / CTo (x32010@1)/ think she's the last of the / Grand Bank
schooners,
/ Am (x02210@1) / D (xx0232@1) / /
That / fed so many / men. / /
Chorus: @2
Am (x02210@1) / C (x32010@1) / F (133211@1) / /
Who will know the / Bluenose in the / sun./ /
Break: Fiddle
/ Am (x02210@1) / CSo (x32010@1)does she / not take wing like a / living thing,
C (x32010@1) / AmChild (x02210@1)of the moving / tide
/ Am (x02210@1) / CSee (x32010@1)her / pass with grace on the / water's face
/ F (133211@1) / AmWith (x02210@1)/ clean and quiet / pride
/ Am (x02210@1) / COur (x32010@1)/ own tall ship of / great renown,
/ Am (x02210@1) / D (xx0232@1) / /
Still / lifts unto the / sky./ /
Am (x02210@1) / C (x32010@1) / F (133211@1) /
Who will know the / Bluenose in the / sun? /
Am (x02210@1) / C (x32010@1) / Am (x02210@1) /
Who will know the / Bluenose in the / sun? /
Am (x02210@1) / C (x32010@1) / AmWho (x02210@1)will know the / Bluenose in the / sun?
/ C (x32010@1) / AmKnow (x02210@1)the / Bluenose in the / sun, @ 3 ?
