Stan Rogers – Bluenose chords

Artist: Stan Rogers
Title: Bluenose

Chords: Am/G = 3x2210
        Fmaj7 = 133210
        E7 = 012230 or 010200
        Dsus4 = xx0233


Intro: Am  Am/G  Fmaj7  G
       Am  Am/G  Fmaj7  G

     Am                       Am/GOnce again with the tide, she slips her lines,
          Fmaj7                GTurns her head and comes awake
          Am                     Am/GWhere she lay so still there at Privateers Wharf,
        Fmaj7Now she quickly gathers way,

  G       C                      E7She will range far south of the harbour mouth, and
  Am               D     Dsus4  DRejoice with every wave,
Am                G               F    GWho will know the Bluenose in the sun.


Feel her bow rise free of Mother sea,
In a sunburst cloud of spray,
That stings the cheek, while the rigging will speak
Of sea miles gone away,

She is always best under full press,
Hard over as she'll lay.
 
Am                  G             F    GWho will know the Bluenose in the sun.
Am                  G              AmWho will know the Bluenose in the sun.


      D                      GThe proud past queen of the Grand Banks fleet,
   C                E7Portrayed on every dime,
     Am               DKnew hard work in her time,
     Am            N/CHard work in every line.

    D                        GThe rich man's toys of the Gloucester boys,
           C             E7With their token bit of cod,
     Am                         D                 GThey snapped their spars and strained to pass her by,
        E7But she left them all behind,


Now her namesake daughter remains,
To show what she has been.
What every school boy remembers, and
Will not come again,

To think she's the last of the Grand Bank schooners,
That fed so many men.

Who will know the Bluenose in the sun.
Who will know the Bluenose in the sun.


Break:     
Am C F
Am C D
Am C F
Am C D


So does she not take wing like a living thing,
Child of the moving tide,
See her pass with grace on the water's face,
With clean and quiet pride,

Our own tall ship of great renown,
Still lifts unto the sky.

Who will know the Bluenose in the sun.
Who will know the Bluenose in the sun.
Know the Bluenose in the sun
Know the Bluenose in the sun