Rogers Stan - Cape St Marys guitar tab
Cape St. Mary's 3/4 Stan Rogers Otto P. Kelland
For the Family, Folk Traditions, Recorded in 1982 (R002)
Standard Tuning
/ D / / G /
Take me / ba - / ck to my / western boat, /
/ G / A / D /
Let me / fish off / Cape St. / Mary's./
/ G / D
Where the / hog-down / sail, and
/ D / G /
The / fog horns / wail, /
/ D / G / A
With my / friends, the / Browns, and the / Clear -
/ G /
/ ys, /
/ G / / D / /
Let me / fish off / Cape St. / Mary's. / /
/ D / / G /
Let me / fe - / el my / dory lift, /
/ G / / D
To the / broad At - / lantic / combers.
/ D / G / /
Where the / tide rip / swirls, and the / wild ducks /
G
whirl, and
/ D / G / A / G / /
Old / Neptune / calls the / num - / bers, / /
/ G / / D / /
'Neath the / wild At - / lantic / combers. / /
/ D / / G /
Let me / sa - / il up / Golden Bay, /
/ G / A / D /
With my / oilskins / all a - / streamin'./
/ G / D / / G
From the / thunder / squalls, when I / hauled my / trawls, and
/ D / G / A / G / /
My / old Cape / Ann a - / glea - / min' / /
/ G / / D / /
With my / oilskins / all a - / streamin', / / and
/ D / / G /
Let me / vi - / ew that / rugged shore, /
/ G / A / D /
With the / beaches / all a - / glisten, /
/ G / D / / G
With the / caplin / spawn, where from / dusk till / dawn,
/ D / G / A / G / /
You / bait your / trawl, and you / list - / en, / /
/ G / / D / /
To the / under - / tow a - / hissin', / / and
/ D / / G /
When I / re - / ach that / last big shoal, /
/ G / A / D /
Where the / groundswells / break a - / sunder, /
/ G / D / / G
Where the / wild sands / roll, to the / surge's / toll,
/ D / G / A / G / /
Let me / be a / man and / take / it, / /
/ G / / D / /
When my / dory / fails to / make it. / /
/ D / / G /
Oh / take me ba - / ck to that / snug green cove, /
/ G / A / D /
Where the / seas roll / up their / thunder, /
/ G / D / / G
There / let me / rest, in the / Earth's cool / breast,
/ D / G / A / G / /
Where the / stars shine / out their / won - / der, / / and
/ G / / D / / /
The / seas roll / up their / thun - / der. / /
Outro: Two verses melody (instrumental) then fade
