Free in the Harbour Stan Rogers
Free in the Harbour 3/4 Stan Rogers Free in the Harbour
Standard Tuning / Waltz Tempo 1 2+3+ or 1+2+3+ Submitted by Ken Lee
kandvlee@shaw.ca
Well, it's / Bl[/]ac[G]kfish at play in / Hermitage B[/]ay[C],
From / pus[/]h [D]through across to Bois / Island. (pronounced[/] B[G]WAS)
They / br[/]oa[G]ch and they spout, and
They / li[/]ft[C] their flukes out, and
They / wa[/]ve[A] to a town that is / dyin'.[/] [D]
Now it's / man[/]y'[G]s the boats, that has / plied on the foam,[/] [C]
[C]Hauling a - way, / Hauling[/] a[C] - way![-] [D]
But there's / many [/]mo[G]re fellows, been / leaving their homes,[/C]
Where the / whales [/]ma[D]ke free in the / harbour.[/] [G]
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It's at / [/]Po[G]rtage and Main you'll / see them again,[/] [C]
On their / way[/] t[D]o the hills of Al - / berta.[/] [G]
With / lo[/]p-[G]side grins, they / waggle their[/] c[C]hins, and
They / br[/]ag[A] of the wage they'll be / earnin'.[/] [D]
Then it's / qui[/]ck[G], pull the string boys, and
[C]Get the / t[/]ool out,
[C]Haul it a - way, / Haul [/]it[C] a - wa[-]y![D]
But just / two[/] y[G]ears ago, you could / hear the same shout[/],[C]
Where the / whales[/] m[D]ake free in the / harbour.[/] [G]
Chorus:
[G]Free in the / Harb[/]ou[D]r; the / Blackfish a[/]re[G] sporting a - / gain,[/] [D]
F[G]ree in the / Harb[/]ou[C]r; un - / troubled by[/] comings and / goings of men,[/] [C] [-] [D]
Who / onc[/]e [G]did pursue them as / oil from the sea,[/] [C]
[C]Hauling a - way, / Hauling[/] a[C] - way![-] [D]
Now they're / Calgary[/] r[G]oughnecks from / Hermitage Bay,[/] [C]
Where the / whales [/]ma[D]ke free in the / harbour.[/] [G]
Break:
Well, it's a / liv[/]in[G]g they've found, / deep in the g[/]ro[C]und, and
If there's / do[/]ub[D]ts, it's best they ig - / nore them.[/] [G]
Nor / t[/]hi[G]nk on the bones, the / crosses and sto[/]ne[C]s,
Of their / fat[/]he[A]rs that came there be - / fore them.[/] [D]
In the / t[/]av[G]erns of Edmonton, / fishermen shout[/],[C]
[C]Haul it a - way, / Haul [/]it[C] a - wa[-]y![D]
They left / thr[/]ee[G] hundred years buried / up by the Bay,[/] [C]
Where the / whales [/]ma[D]ke free in the / harbour.[/] [G]
Chorus:
[G]Free in the / harb[/]ou[C]r...a - / gain.[/] [G]
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