Great Harbour Deep chords

Great Harbour Deep

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Capo II 

C                            G            C 
There's lumber and rusty old nails by the door, 
                                F 
We'll board up these houses and live here no more; 
Fm                       C                Am 
And even the gulls won't come up from the shore, 
                         G          C 
'Cause they know all the people are leavin'. 

C                            G           C 
There's Tucker and Darcy and Skipper Tom Brown, 
                                 F 
They pulled up the boat and have battened her down; 
Fm                            C            Am 
She's just one more soul that fate pushed aground, 
             G          C 
The ocean's still as a tombstone. 

G                                
We'll move to the city, they'll pay for our homes, 
C                                
If the town was a body, it would be skin and bones; 
G                        
What of the men who lie here in the ground, 
C                               F 
Who died breathin' life in this town? 
Fm                             C            Am 
The dreams of our fathers will die in their sleep, 
                      G         F             C 
When they put out the lights in Great Harbour Deep. 

C                            G         C 
Things were much better when I was a lad, 
                             F 
When two workin' hands were all a man had; 
Fm                            C             Am 
The sea was our mother, she called us from land, 
              G           C 
But now she seems like a stranger. 

C                               G     C 
It's funny, they say there's no cod anymore, 
                                         F 
But you'll find them in restaurants and all the fine stores; 
Fm                            C                Am 
It's like God told them all, stay far from our shores, 
               G             C 
The foreigners must need the money. 

G                            
So we'll move to the city, they'll pay for our homes, 
C                            
If the town was a body, it would be skin and bones; 
G                        
What of the men who lie here in the ground, 
C                                F 
Who died breathin' life in this town? 
Fm                              C            Am 
The dreams of our fathers will die in their sleep, 
                       G        F             C 
When they put out the lights in Great Harbour Deep. 

D                                       A              D 
They're down at the powerhouse, they'll soon throw the switch, 
                                  G             
That will send us the darkness as black as the pitch; 
Gm                              D        Bm 
And some guy up in Ottawa, that son-of-a-bitch, 
                A               D 
In his own bed tonight he'll be keepin'. 

D                               A             D 
So I'll say my goodbyes to the rocks and the trees, 
                                     G 
And I'll walk through this splendour whenever I please; 
Gm                                 D         Bm 
Though the only way back here will be in my dreams, 
                A           D 
Ya can't stop a fella from sleepin'. 

A                                   
So we'll move to the city, they'll pay for our homes, 
D                                 
If the town was a body, it would be skin and bones; 
A                         
What of the men who lie here in the ground, 
D                                G 
Who died breathin' life in this town? 
Gm                              D            Bm 
The dreams of our fathers will die in their sleep, 
                       A        G             D 
When they put out the lights in Great Harbour Deep. 

D                              A         D 
Now there stands the city with wide-open arms, 
                                    G 
And I'm sure now to some, well, she does hold her charms; 
Gm                                  D               Bm 
There's prostitutes, drug dealers, strip joints and bars, 
                        A           D 
What a great place for raisin' your children. 

A                               
So, we moved to the city, they paid for our homes, 
D 
After all that old village was just skin and bones; 
A    
And we left all those men there, alone in the ground, 
D                                G 
Who died breathing life in that town; 
Gm                            D              Bm 
The dreams of our fathers all died in their sleep, 
                      A         G             D 
When they put out the lights in Great Harbour Deep. 

A  
So, we moved to the city, they paid for our homes, 
D          
After all that old village was just skin and bones; 
A  
And we left all those men there, alone in the ground, 
D                                G 
Who died breathing life in that town; 
Gm                            D              Bm 
The dreams of our fathers all died in their sleep, 
                      A         G             D 
When they put out the lights in Great Harbour Deep. 
Gm                             D             Bm 
The ocean stands watchin', her vigil she'll keep, 
                    A          G             D 
She's the only one left now in Great Harbour Deep.  

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