Three Fishers    3/4     Stan Rogers     Charles Kingsley and John Hull
Standard Tuning / T T 2+ 3+ Two Bass notes two bottom strings (Cross Picking)                            
by Ken Lee
                                        Comments or suggestions to kandvlee@shaw.ca
Intro: 3 Bars D

         / D (xx0232@1)              / A (x02220@1)            / G (320003@1)       / AThree (x02220@1)/ fishers went / sailing out / into the / west,
      / D (xx0232@1)        / G (320003@1)             / D (xx0232@1)          / AOut (x02220@1)/ into the / west as the / sun went / down,
        / G (320003@1)                  / A (x02220@1)             / D (xx0232@1)                / AEach (x02220@1)/ thought on the / woman that / loved him the / best, and
      / D (xx0232@1)                 / A (x02220@1)                  / G (320003@1)          / AThe (x02220@1)/ children stood / watching them / out of the / town,

      / D (xx0232@1)           / A (x02220@1)          / G (320003@1)               / AFor (x02220@1)/ men must / work and / women must / weep,
                / D (xx0232@1)       / G (320003@1)         / D (xx0232@1)        / AFor (x02220@1)there's / little to / earn and / many to / keep, and
      / G (320003@1)        / D (xx0232@1)     / A (x02220@1)            /
The / harbour / bar be / moa - nin', / and
      / G (320003@1)        / D (xx0232@1)     / A (x02220@1)     / D (xx0232@1)   / / /
The / harbour / bar be / moa - / nin'. / / /

         / D (xx0232@1)          / A (x02220@1)         / G (320003@1)            / AThree (x02220@1)/ wives sat / up in the / lighthouse / tower,
        / D (xx0232@1)              / G (320003@1)               / D (xx0232@1)          / AThey (x02220@1)/ trimmed the / lamps as the / sun went / down, and
        / G (320003@1)               / A (x02220@1)                   / D (xx0232@1)               / AThey (x02220@1)/ looked at the / squall and they / looked at the / shower, and
       / D (xx0232@1)                      / A (x02220@1)        / G (320003@1)             / AThe (x02220@1)/ night-wrack came / rollin' in, / ragged and / brown.

Chorus:

      / D (xx0232@1)           / A (x02220@1)          / G (320003@1)               / AFor (x02220@1)/ men must / work and / women must / weep,
            / D (xx0232@1)           / G (320003@1)                     / D (xx0232@1)           / AThough (x02220@1)/ storms be / sud - den and the / waters be / deep, and
       / G (320003@1)       / D (xx0232@1)      / A (x02220@1)           /
The / harbour / bar be / moa - nin', / and
       / G (320003@1)       / D (xx0232@1)      / A (x02220@1)     / DThe (xx0232@1)/ Harbour / bar be / moa - / nin'.

Break: One Chorus Instrumental then Repeat last Chorus:

         / D (xx0232@1)              / A (x02220@1)           / G (320003@1)       / AThree (x02220@1)/ corpses lay / out on the / shining / sand,
         / D (xx0232@1)        / G (320003@1)                / D (xx0232@1)         / AIn (x02220@1)the / morning / gleam as the / tide went / down, and
      / G (320003@1)               / A (x02220@1)             / D (xx0232@1)               / AThe (x02220@1)/ women were / weepin' and / wringin' their / hands,
      / D (xx0232@1)                    / A (x02220@1)              / G (320003@1)             / AFor (x02220@1)/ those who would / never come / back to the / town.

      / D (xx0232@1)           / A (x02220@1)          / G (320003@1)               / AFor (x02220@1)/ men must / work and / women must / weep, and
      / D (xx0232@1)            / G (320003@1)         / D (xx0232@1)          / AThe (x02220@1)/ sooner it's / over, the / sooner to / sleep, and
           / G (320003@1)           / D (xx0232@1)            / A (x02220@1)            /
Good - / bye to the / bar and its / moa - nin', / and
           / G (320003@1)           / D (xx0232@1)             / A (x02220@1)     / DGood (xx0232@1)- / bye to the / bar and it's / moa - / nin',

      / D (xx0232@1)          / A (x02220@1)          / G (320003@1)               / AOh (x02220@1)/ men must / work and / women must / weep, and
      / D (xx0232@1)            / G (320003@1)         / D (xx0232@1)          / AThe (x02220@1)/ sooner it's / over, the / sooner to / sleep, and
           / G (320003@1)           / D (xx0232@1)            / A (x02220@1)           /
Good - / bye to the / bar and its / moa - nin', / and
           / G (320003@1)           / D (xx0232@1)            / A (x02220@1)     / DGood (xx0232@1)- / bye to the / bar and it's / moa - / nin',