Fishermans Lament

Great Big Sea

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1. I stand in my doorway as the moon rises high
   D         A        G               A
   Over glorious ocean, reflects the bright sky
   D           A          G            A
   My heart it is aching, so much I could die
   D           A          G        A
   I've known only the ocean, since I was a boy

   D                        A
R: And I spent my whole life, out there on the sea
   G                                   A
   Some government bastard now takes it from me
   D                          A        D
   It's not just the fish, they've taken my pride
   
   G                     A            D
2. I feel so ashamed that I just want to hideI fished with my father, 
   so long long ago
   We were proud of our trade, and in us it did show
   We held our heads high, there was lots of fish then
   That was the time, when we were proud men
   
3. We challenged great storms and sometimes we won
   Faced death and disaster, we rose with the sun
   We worked and we toiled, we strained our men brane
   We were a proud people, will we ere be again?

R: And I spent my whole life...

4. My father is gone now, and the fish are gone too.
   Abused and mis-managed, oh what can we do?
   I'm too old to change, but what of my sons,
   How will they know that we weren't the ones?
   
5. DFO regulations permitted the rape
   Of our beautiful ocean, from head land to cape
   They brought in big trollers, they tore up our twine
   Politians don't care for whats yours or whats mine!

R: And I spent my whole life...

6. You brave Newfoundlanders, now listen to me
   Shove the package to hell, go back to the sea
   If we don't stand our ground, we will fade away
   And the bones of our fathers will turn into clay
   
7. And I spent my whole life, out there on the sea
   Some government bastard now takes it from me
   It's not just the fish, they've taken my pride
   I feel so ashamed that I just want to die.
   Back to the sea