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
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Three / fishers went / sailing out / into the / west,
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Out / into the / west as the / sun went / down,
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Each / thought on the / woman that / loved him the / best, and
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The / children stood / watching them / out of the / town,
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For / men must / work and / women must / weep,
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For there's / little to / earn and / many to / keep, and
/ G / D / A /
The / harbour / bar be / moa - nin', / and
/ G / D / A / D / / /
The / harbour / bar be / moa - / nin'. / / /
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Three / wives sat / up in the / lighthouse / tower,
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They / trimmed the / lamps as the / sun went / down, and
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They / looked at the / squall and they / looked at the / shower, and
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The / night-wrack came / rollin' in, / ragged and / brown.
Chorus:
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For / men must / work and / women must / weep,
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Though / storms be / sud - den and the / waters be / deep, and
/ G / D / A /
The / harbour / bar be / moa - nin', / and
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The / Harbour / bar be / moa - / nin'.
Break: One Chorus Instrumental then Repeat last Chorus:
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Three / corpses lay / out on the / shining / sand,
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In the / morning / gleam as the / tide went / down, and
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The / women were / weepin' and / wringin' their / hands,
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For / those who would / never come / back to the / town.
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For / men must / work and / women must / weep, and
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The / sooner it's / over, the / sooner to / sleep, and
/ G / D / A /
Good - / bye to the / bar and its / moa - nin', / and
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Good - / bye to the / bar and it's / moa - / nin',
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Oh / men must / work and / women must / weep, and
/ / / /
The / sooner it's / over, the / sooner to / sleep, and
/ G / D / A /
Good - / bye to the / bar and its / moa - nin', / and
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Good - / bye to the / bar and it's / moa - / nin',