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Words & Music: Stan Rogers
Song: Bluenose
Tabbed By: Charlie H.


Intro: Am

     Am (x02210@1)                     GOnce (320003@1)again with the tide, she slips her lines,
          FTurns (133211@1)her head and comes awake,
          Am (x02210@1)                  GWhere (320003@1)she lay so still there at Privateers Wharf,
        FNow (133211@1)she quickly gathers way,

         C (x32010@1)                    EmShe (022000@1)will range far south of the harbour mouth, and
  Am (x02210@1)             DRejoice (xx0232@1)with every wave,


Am (x02210@1)              C (x32010@1)             AmWho (x02210@1)will know the Bluenose in the sun.


         Am (x02210@1)             GFeel (320003@1)her bow rise free of Mother sea,
     FIn (133211@1)a sunburst cloud of spray,
     Am (x02210@1)                        GThat (320003@1)stings the cheek, while the rigging will speak
   FOf (133211@1)sea miles gone away,

       C (x32010@1)               EmShe (022000@1)is always best under full press,
     Am (x02210@1)           DHard (xx0232@1)over as she'll lay.


Am (x02210@1)              C (x32010@1)             FWho (133211@1)will know the Bluenose in the sun.
Am (x02210@1)              C (x32010@1)             FWho (133211@1)will know the Bluenose in the sun.


    Am (x02210@1)                    CThe (x32010@1)proud past queen of the Grand Banks fleet,
   Em (022000@1)            AmPortrayed (x02210@1)on every dime,
     Em (022000@1)             AmKnew (x02210@1)hard work in her time,
     Em (022000@1)          N/C
Hard work in every line.

    Am (x02210@1)                   CThe (x32010@1)rich man's toys of the Gloucester boys,
           Em (022000@1)         AmWith (x02210@1)their token bit of cod,
     Am (x02210@1)                    D (xx0232@1)                  GThey (320003@1)snapped their spars and strained to pass her by,
        EmBut (022000@1)she left them all behind,

Am (x02210@1)             GNow (320003@1)her namesake daughter remains,
   FTo (133211@1)show what she has been.
Am (x02210@1)       GWhat (320003@1)every school boy remembers, and
FWill (133211@1)not come again,

C (x32010@1)                            EmTo (022000@1)think she's the last of the Grand Bank schooners,
     Am (x02210@1)        DThat (xx0232@1)fed so many men.

Am (x02210@1)              C (x32010@1)             FWho (133211@1)will know the Bluenose in the sun.
Am (x02210@1)              C (x32010@1)             FWho (133211@1)will know the Bluenose in the sun.


Break:      Fiddle
Am C F
Am C D
Am C F
Am C D


            Am (x02210@1)                 GSo (320003@1)does she not take wing like a living thing,
      FChild (133211@1)of the moving tide,
        Am (x02210@1)                   GSee (320003@1)her pass with grace on the water's face,
     FWith (133211@1)clean and quiet pride,

    C (x32010@1)              EmOur (022000@1)own tall ship of great renown,
      Am (x02210@1)           DStill (xx0232@1)lifts unto the sky.

Am (x02210@1)              C (x32010@1)             FWho (133211@1)will know the Bluenose in the sun.
Am (x02210@1)              C (x32010@1)             FWho (133211@1)will know the Bluenose in the sun.
                         AmKnow (x02210@1)the Bluenose in the sun
Am (x02210@1)     Em (022000@1)            AmKnow (x02210@1)the Bluenose in the sun