Judy Collins - Fishermen Song

      Judy Collins - Fishermen Song



[Intro]
C    G F   (3x)
G    F G

[Verse 1]
    C                      Am
The fisherman are pitching pennies
       G
In the sand beside the sea
    F                  C
The sunrise hits their oilskin boots
          G
And their painted boats and me
     Am               G
They seem to know the ocean
       F   Em      Dm
Like a man knows a woman
    C                         G
She makes him wait around for half the morning
        F       C
For the tide to turn


[Chorus]
F           C      G                C
Pull in the ropes, Seine haul fisherman
F             C            F            C         G
Never catches more than he knows he can sell in a day
F           C     G                C
Pull in the nets, Seine haul fisherman
F         C        F           C          G   C     F C    G F
Day's for work and night's the time to go dancing


[Verse 2]
        C                 Am
They're drinking beer and laughing
   G
And squinting at the sun
F               C
Waiting for the gulls to tell them
G
When the fish will come
      Am              G
Their faces brown and weathered
     F       Em           Dm
From all the nets they've run
                   C                 G
They've learned to wait, they always know
         F         C     G C
That the tide will turn


[Chorus]
F           C      G                C
Pull in the ropes, Seine haul fisherman
F             C            F            C         G
Never catches more than he knows he can sell in a day
F           C     G                C
Pull in the nets, Seine haul fisherman
F         C        F           C          G   C     F C    G F
Day's for work and night's the time to go dancing


[Instrumental]
C   Am   G    F   C   G
Am   G   F  Em  Dm   C   G   F  C   G C


[Chorus]
F           C      G                C
Pull in the ropes, Seine haul fisherman
F             C            F            C         G
Never catches more than he knows he can sell in a day
F           C     G                C
Pull in the nets, Seine haul fisherman
F         C        F           C          G   C     F C    G F
Day's for work and night's the time to go dancing


[Verse 3]
C              Am
Way out on the ocean
    G                         F
The big ships hunt for whales
                  C
The Japanese have caught so many
     G
That now they hunt for snails
   Am              G
My fisherman's not greedy
   F        Em      Dm
He seems content to live
         C                      G
With the sun and the sand and a net full of fish
         F    C       G C
When the tide turns


[Chorus]
F           C      G                C
Pull in the ropes, Seine haul fisherman
F             C            F            C         G
Never catches more than he knows he can sell in a day
F           C     G                C
Pull in the nets, Seine haul fisherman
F         C        F           C          G   C
Day's for work and night's the time to go dancing


[Chorus]
F           C      G                C
Pull in the ropes, Seine haul fisherman
F             C            F            C         G
Never catches more than he knows he can sell in a day
F           C     G                C
Pull in the nets, Seine haul fisherman
F         C        F           C          G   C     F C    F C    F C
Day's for work and night's the time to go dancing