Cape St. Mary's     3/4     Stan Rogers     Otto P. Kelland
For the Family, Folk Traditions, Recorded in 1982 (R002)
Standard Tuning

        / D (xx0232@1)  /          / G (320003@1)           /
Take me / ba - / ck to my / western boat, /
       / G (320003@1)      / A (x02220@1)      / D (xx0232@1)    /
Let me / fish off / Cape St. / Mary's./
          / G (320003@1)      / DWhere (xx0232@1)the / hog-down / sail, and
    / D (xx0232@1)       / G (320003@1)   /
The / fog horns / wail, /
        / D (xx0232@1)          / G (320003@1)             / AWith (x02220@1)my / friends, the / Browns, and the / Clear -
/ G (320003@1) /
/ ys, /
       / G (320003@1)      /          /  D (xx0232@1)    / /
Let me / fish off / Cape St. / Mary's. / /

       / D (xx0232@1)  /        / G (320003@1)    /
Let me / fe - /  el my / dory lift, /
       / G (320003@1)        /        / DTo (xx0232@1)the / broad At - / lantic / combers.
          / D (xx0232@1)      / G (320003@1)             /            /
Where the / tide rip / swirls, and the / wild ducks /
Gwhirl, (320003@1)and
    / D (xx0232@1)     / G (320003@1)       / A (x02220@1)   / G (320003@1)   / /
Old / Neptune / calls the / num - / bers, / /
           / G (320003@1)       /        / D (xx0232@1)      / /
'Neath the / wild At - / lantic / combers. / /

       / D (xx0232@1)  /       / G (320003@1)         /
Let me / sa - / il up / Golden Bay, /
        / G (320003@1)      / A (x02220@1)     / D (xx0232@1)       /
With my / oilskins / all a - / streamin'./
         / G (320003@1)     / D (xx0232@1)             /           / GFrom (320003@1)the / thunder / squalls, when I / hauled my / trawls, and

   / D (xx0232@1)      / G (320003@1)     / A (x02220@1)    / G (320003@1)  / /
My / old Cape / Ann a - / glea - / min' / /
        / G (320003@1)      /         / D (xx0232@1)        / /
With my / oilskins / all a - / streamin', / / and
       / D (xx0232@1)  /         / G (320003@1)           /
Let me / vi - / ew that / rugged shore, /
         / G (320003@1)     / A (x02220@1)     / D (xx0232@1)      /
With the / beaches / all a - / glisten, /
         / G (320003@1)    / D (xx0232@1)               /           / GWith (320003@1)the / caplin / spawn, where from / dusk till / dawn,
    / D (xx0232@1)       / G (320003@1)            / A (x02220@1)    / G (320003@1) / /
You / bait your / trawl, and you / list - / en, / /
       / G (320003@1)     /         / D (xx0232@1)      / /
To the / under - / tow a - / hissin', / / and
       / D (xx0232@1)  /          / G (320003@1)             /
When I / re - / ach that / last big shoal, /
          / G (320003@1)          / A (x02220@1)       / D (xx0232@1)     /
Where the / groundswells / break a - / sunder, /
          / G (320003@1)        / D (xx0232@1)          /         / GWhere (320003@1)the / wild sands / roll, to the / surge's / toll,
       / D (xx0232@1)  / G (320003@1)     / A (x02220@1)  / G (320003@1) / /
Let me / be a / man and / take / it, / /
        / G (320003@1)  /          / D (xx0232@1)      / /
When my / dory / fails to / make it. / /

   / D (xx0232@1)          /            / G (320003@1)              /
Oh / take me ba - / ck to that / snug green cove, /
          / G (320003@1)       / A (x02220@1)      / D (xx0232@1)      /
Where the / seas roll / up their / thunder, /
      / G (320003@1)    / D (xx0232@1)          /              / GThere (320003@1)/ let me / rest, in the / Earth's cool / breast,
          / D (xx0232@1)         / G (320003@1)       / A (x02220@1)   / G (320003@1)  / /
Where the / stars shine / out their / won - / der, / / and
    / G (320003@1)       /          / D (xx0232@1)    /      / /
The / seas roll / up their / thun - / der. / /

Outro: Two verses melody (instrumental) then fade