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.