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 (320003@1) / CWell, (x32010@1)it's / Blackfish at play in / Hermitage Bay,
/ D (xx0232@1) / GFrom (320003@1)/ push through across to Bois / Island. (pronounced BWAS)
/ GThey (320003@1)/ broach and they spout, and
/ CThey (x32010@1)/ lift their flukes out, and
/ A (x02220@1) / DThey (xx0232@1)/ wave to a town that is / dyin'.
/ G (320003@1) / CNow (x32010@1)it's / many's the boats, that has / plied on the foam,
C (x32010@1) / C (x32010@1) - DHauling (xx0232@1)a - way, / Hauling a - way!
/ G (320003@1) /C
But there's / many more fellows, been / leaving their homes,
/ D (xx0232@1) / GWhere (320003@1)the / whales make free in the / harbour.
/ G (320003@1) / CIt's (x32010@1)at / Portage and Main you'll / see them again,
/ D (xx0232@1) / GOn (320003@1)their / way to the hills of Al - / berta.
/ G (320003@1) / CWith (x32010@1)/ lop-side grins, they / waggle their chins, and
/ A (x02220@1) / DThey (xx0232@1)/ brag of the wage they'll be / earnin'.
/ GThen (320003@1)it's / quick, pull the string boys, and
C (x32010@1) /
Get the / tool out,
C (x32010@1) / C (x32010@1) - DHaul (xx0232@1)it a - way, / Haul it a - way!
/ G (320003@1) / CBut (x32010@1)just / two years ago, you could / hear the same shout,
/ D (xx0232@1) / GWhere (320003@1)the / whales make free in the / harbour.
Chorus:
G (320003@1) / D (xx0232@1) / G (320003@1) / DFree (xx0232@1)in the / Harbour; the / Blackfish are sporting a - / gain,
G (320003@1) / C (x32010@1) / / C (x32010@1) - DFree (xx0232@1)in the / Harbour; un - / troubled by comings and / goings of men,
/ G (320003@1) / CWho (x32010@1)/ once did pursue them as / oil from the sea,
C (x32010@1) / C (x32010@1) - DHauling (xx0232@1)a - way, / Hauling a - way!
/ G (320003@1) / CNow (x32010@1)they're / Calgary roughnecks from / Hermitage Bay,
/ D (xx0232@1) / GWhere (320003@1)the / whales make free in the / harbour.
Break:
/ G (320003@1) / CWell, (x32010@1)it's a / living they've found, / deep in the ground, and
/ D (xx0232@1) / GIf (320003@1)there's / doubts, it's best they ig - / nore them.
/ G (320003@1) / CNor (x32010@1)/ think on the bones, the / crosses and stones,
/ A (x02220@1) / DOf (xx0232@1)their / fathers that came there be - / fore them.
/ G (320003@1) / CIn (x32010@1)the / taverns of Edmonton, / fishermen shout,
C (x32010@1) / C (x32010@1) - DHaul (xx0232@1)it a - way, / Haul it a - way!
/ G (320003@1) / CThey (x32010@1)left / three hundred years buried / up by the Bay,
/ D (xx0232@1) / GWhere (320003@1)the / whales make free in the / harbour.
Chorus:
G (320003@1) / C (x32010@1) / GFree (320003@1)in the / harbour...a - / gain.
