Stan Rogers - Bluenose guitar tab

Words & Music: Stan Rogers

Song: Bluenose

Tabbed By: Charlie H.

Intro: Am

Am G

Once again with the tide, she slips her lines,

F

Turns her head and comes awake,

Am G

Where she lay so still there at Privateers Wharf,

F

Now she quickly gathers way,

C Em

She will range far south of the harbour mouth, and

Am D

Rejoice with every wave,

Am C Am

Who will know the Bluenose in the sun.

Am G

Feel her bow rise free of Mother sea,

F

In a sunburst cloud of spray,

Am G

That stings the cheek, while the rigging will speak

F

Of sea miles gone away,

C Em

She is always best under full press,

Am D

Hard over as she'll lay.

Am C F

Who will know the Bluenose in the sun.

Am C F

Who will know the Bluenose in the sun.

Am C

The proud past queen of the Grand Banks fleet,

Em Am

Portrayed on every dime,

Em Am

Knew hard work in her time,

Em N/C

Hard work in every line.

Am C

The rich man's toys of the Gloucester boys,

Em Am

With their token bit of cod,

Am D G

They snapped their spars and strained to pass her by,

Em

But she left them all behind,

Am G

Now her namesake daughter remains,

F

To show what she has been.

Am G

What every school boy remembers, and

F

Will not come again,

C Em

To think she's the last of the Grand Bank schooners,

Am D

That fed so many men.

Am C F

Who will know the Bluenose in the sun.

Am C F

Who will know the Bluenose in the sun.

Break: Fiddle

Am C F

Am C D

Am C F

Am C D

Am G

So does she not take wing like a living thing,

F

Child of the moving tide,

Am G

See her pass with grace on the water's face,

F

With clean and quiet pride,

C Em

Our own tall ship of great renown,

Am D

Still lifts unto the sky.

Am C F

Who will know the Bluenose in the sun.

Am C F

Who will know the Bluenose in the sun.

Am

Know the Bluenose in the sun

Am Em Am

Know the Bluenose in the sun