Song: Ferryland Sealer
Artist: Great Big Sea
Album: Turn
Capo 2nd fret
(chords written relative to capo)
chords
- 022xxx
G - 320033
- x32033
- xx0323
- x32010
As with many Great Big Sea songs, the trick is to master the strumming
patterns. It is difficult to tab out strums, but listening to the song
is definetly the best way to go. The Intro and first verse consists
mainly of hard downstrokes (listen to the song for guidance).
Note the little pull-off thing happening with the D in some places.
Watch it though ... the song really begins to pick up by verse 2 ...
This is one of the best bands I've ever heard ... and a great song! God
Bless you East Coast musicians - your music is fantastic!
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Intro: (repeat the following 4 times, lyrics begin on final D of intro)
(...our schooner ...)
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Verse 1: (hard downstokes)
Our Schooner and our sloop in Ferryland they do lie
They're already rigged to be bound for the ice
All you lads of the south ---- ern
(softly) (arpegiate)
We will have you to beware
(hard)
She's going to the ice in the spring of the year
Chorus: (hit each chord once hard)
(begin strumming)
Laddie whack fall the laddie, laddie whack fall the day
Verse 2: (as above but faster pace/more strumming)
Our course be east north-east for two days and two nights
Our captain he cried out 'boys look ahead for the ice!
We hove her about standing in for the land
twas in a few more hours we were firm in the jam
Chorus: (as above)
Verse 3: (as in verse 2)
Our captain he cried out "come on boys lend a hand"
Our cook he makes the breakfast and each man takes a dram
With there bats in their hands it was earlye for the go
Every man showed his action 'thout the missin' of a blow
Chorus: (as above)
Verse 4:
Some were killin', some were scalpin, some were haulin' on board
and some more they were firing and a-missin' of their loads
in the dusk of the evening all hands in from the cold
and we counted nine hundred fine scalps in the h ----old
Instrumental
Pre-chorus to Bridge
Bridge:
We're now off Cape Spear and in sight of Cape Broyle
We will dance - sing - carouse me boys in just a little while
we'll soon enjoy the charms of our sweathearts and our friends
(downstrokes and heavy palm muting for the following)
But it will not be long b'fore we're down in the bend
Chorus: (strum throughout)
(begin strumming)
Laddie whack fall the laddie, laddie whack fall the day
Verse 5: (strum pattern follows verse 2-4)
Our Schooner and our sloop in Ferryland they do lie
They're already rigged to be bound for the ice
(once hard)
All you lads of the south --------- ern
(as in verse 1)
(softly) (arpegiate)
We will have you to beware
(hard)
She's going to the ice in the spring of the year
chorus: (strum hard and fast)
Laddie whack fall the laddie, laddie whack fall the day
Fall the laddie, laddie whack fall the day
Fall the laddie, laddie whack fall the day
fin.