Rogers Stan - Three Fishers guitar tab
Three Fishers 3/4 Stan Rogers Charles Kingsley and John Hull
Standard Tuning / T T 2+ 3+ Two Bass notes two bottom strings (Cross Picking)
by Ken Lee
Comments or suggestions to kandvlee@shaw.ca
Intro: 3 Bars D
/ D / A / G / A
Three / fishers went / sailing out / into the / west,
/ D / G / D / A
Out / into the / west as the / sun went / down,
/ G / A / D / A
Each / thought on the / woman that / loved him the / best, and
/ D / A / G / A
The / children stood / watching them / out of the / town,
/ D / A / G / A
For / men must / work and / women must / weep,
/ D / G / D / A
For there's / little to / earn and / many to / keep, and
/ G / D / A /
The / harbour / bar be / moa - nin', / and
/ G / D / A / D / / /
The / harbour / bar be / moa - / nin'. / / /
/ D / A / G / A
Three / wives sat / up in the / lighthouse / tower,
/ D / G / D / A
They / trimmed the / lamps as the / sun went / down, and
/ G / A / D / A
They / looked at the / squall and they / looked at the / shower, and
/ D / A / G / A
The / night-wrack came / rollin' in, / ragged and / brown.
Chorus:
/ D / A / G / A
For / men must / work and / women must / weep,
/ D / G / D / A
Though / storms be / sud - den and the / waters be / deep, and
/ G / D / A /
The / harbour / bar be / moa - nin', / and
/ G / D / A / D
The / Harbour / bar be / moa - / nin'.
Break: One Chorus Instrumental then Repeat last Chorus:
/ D / A / G / A
Three / corpses lay / out on the / shining / sand,
/ D / G / D / A
In the / morning / gleam as the / tide went / down, and
/ G / A / D / A
The / women were / weepin' and / wringin' their / hands,
/ D / A / G / A
For / those who would / never come / back to the / town.
/ D / A / G / A
For / men must / work and / women must / weep, and
/ D / G / D / A
The / sooner it's / over, the / sooner to / sleep, and
/ G / D / A /
Good - / bye to the / bar and its / moa - nin', / and
/ G / D / A / D
Good - / bye to the / bar and it's / moa - / nin',
/ D / A / G / A
Oh / men must / work and / women must / weep, and
/ D / G / D / A
The / sooner it's / over, the / sooner to / sleep, and
/ G / D / A /
Good - / bye to the / bar and its / moa - nin', / and
/ G / D / A / D
Good - / bye to the / bar and it's / moa - / nin',
