• Song:

    The Bluenose

  • Artist:

    Stan Rogers

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

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