Bluenose
Key: AEnglish
Chords
Am : x02210
Am/G : 302210
Fmaj7 : xx3210
G : 500003
C : x32010
E7 : 020100
D : xx0232
D5(addG#) : xx0234
D5 : xx0235
F : 133211
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Verse
Once aAmgain with the tide she Gslips her lines
Turns her Am/Ghead and comes awake G
Where she Amlay so still there at GPrivateers Wharf
Now she Am/Gquickly gathers way G
She will Crange far south from the E7harbour mouth E
And reAmjoice with every wave
D D5(addG#) D5 D5(addG#)
Verse
AmWho will know the Bluenose Gin the Amsun
Feel her Ambow rise free of Gmother sea
In a Am/Gsunburst cloud of spray G
That Amstings the cheek while the Grigging will speak
Of Am/Gsea miles gone away G
She is Calways best under E7full press E
Hard Amover as she'll lay
D D5(addG#) D5 D5(addG#)
Chorus
AmWho will know the Bluenose Gin the Fmaj7sun G
AmWho will know the Bluenose Gin the Amsun
Verse
That Dproud past queen of the GGrand Banks fleet
PorCtrayed on every dime E7 E
Knew hard Amwork in her time D
Hard Amwork in every line
The Drich man's toys of the GGloucester boys
With their Ctoken bit of cod E7 E
They Amsnapped their spars and Dstrained to pass her by G
But she Eleft them all behind Am
Verse
Now her namesake Gdaughter remains
To show Am/Gwhat she has been G
Am What every Gschool boy remembers
And Am/Gwill not come again G
To Cthink she's the last of the E7Grand Bank Eschooners
That Amfed so many men
D D5(addG#) D5 D5(addG#)
Chorus
AmWho will know the Bluenose Gin the Fmaj7sun G
AmWho will know the Bluenose Gin the sun
Bridge
Bridge
| Am G | Am/G G | Am G | Am/G G |
| C E7 E | Am G D D5(addG#) | D5 D5(addG#) Am | G F |
| Am | G Am |
Verse
So does she Amnot take wing like a Gliving thing
Child Am/Gof the moving tide G
See her Ampass with grace on the Gwater's face
With Am/Gclean and quiet pride G
Our Cown tall ship of Egreat renown
Still Amlifts unGto the DskyD5(addG#) D5 D5(addG#)
Chorus
AmWho will know the Bluenose Gin the Fmaj7sun G
AmWho will know the Bluenose Gin the Fmaj7sun G
AmKnow the Bluenose Gin the Fmaj7sun G
AmKnow the Bluenose Gin the Fmaj7sun G Am