e:-----------------------|
B:------------4----------|
G:---------3-----3----5--|
D:--/3--5----------------|
A:-----------------------|
E:-----------------------|
| | Cm | F |
| | we're taking on water | diesel and stores |
| | Bb | C# |
| | laying up awhile before i'm | back on board |
| | Cm | F | Bb |
| they're | patching her up to go fishing | again, (fishin | g again) |
| | Cm | F |
| | they're welding her rudder | scrubbing her keel |
| | Bb | C# |
| | scars on her belly need | time to heal |
| | Cm | D7 |
| in the doc | k with the trawlerme | n |
| i know all the people there's nobody new |
| soon we'll be leaving with the same old crew |
| on the green water the tumbling sea |
| they ain't running like the good old days |
| time's just slipping down the old slipways |
| in the dock so dear to me |
| | Bb | Gm | Bb |
| I n | eed a guidi | ng light to keep | me |