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Fisherman's Blues
by The Waterboys
Intro X2
[G] [F] [Am] [C]
I [G] wish I was a fisherman, [F] tumbling on the seas
Far [Am] away from dry land, and it's [C] bitter memories
[G] Casting you my sweet light with [F] abandonment and love
No [Am] ceiling staring down on me, save the [C] starry sky above
( Chorus
With light in my [G] hair,
you in my [F] arms,
woo woo ooh [Am]
[G] [F] [Am] [C] over solo)
I wish I was the brake man, on a Hartland diesel train
Crashing headlong into the heartland, like a cannon in the rain
With the beating of the sleepers, and the burning of the coal
Counting towns flashing by me, in a night that's full of soul
Chorus
[G] [F] [Am] [C] over solo x2
Oh I know I will be loosened, from bonds that hold me tight
And the chains all hung around me will fall away at last
And on that fine and fateful day I will take thee in my arms
I will ride the night train, and I will be the fisherman
Chorus
[G] [F] [Am] [C] repeat to fade
[G] [F] [Am] [C]
I [G] wish I was a fisherman, [F] tumbling on the seas
Far [Am] away from dry land, and it's [C] bitter memories
[G] Casting you my sweet light with [F] abandonment and love
No [Am] ceiling staring down on me, save the [C] starry sky above
( Chorus
With light in my [G] hair,
you in my [F] arms,
woo woo ooh [Am]
[G] [F] [Am] [C] over solo)
I wish I was the brake man, on a Hartland diesel train
Crashing headlong into the heartland, like a cannon in the rain
With the beating of the sleepers, and the burning of the coal
Counting towns flashing by me, in a night that's full of soul
Chorus
[G] [F] [Am] [C] over solo x2
Oh I know I will be loosened, from bonds that hold me tight
And the chains all hung around me will fall away at last
And on that fine and fateful day I will take thee in my arms
I will ride the night train, and I will be the fisherman
Chorus
[G] [F] [Am] [C] repeat to fade