Waterboys, Fisherman's Blues (1988)
Key: :[F#] (w: Mike Scott, Steve Wickham)
INTRO: [F#] [E] [G#m] [B] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
[F#] I wish I was a fisherman,
[E] tumbling on the seas
[G#m] Far away from dry land, and it's
[B] bitter memories
[F#] Casting you my sweet light with a-
[E]-bandonment and love
[G#m] No ceiling staring down on me, save the
[B] starry sky above
CHORUS:
With light in my
[F#] hair, you in my
[E] arms, woo hoo
[G#m] ooh
BREAK: [F#] [E] [G#m] [B]
VERSE 2:
[F#] I wish I was the brake man, on a
[E] Hartland diesel train
[G#m] Crashing headlong into the heartland, like a
[B] cannon in the rain
[F#] With the beating of the sleepers, and the
[E] burning of the coal
[G#m] Counting the towns flashing by, in a
[B] night that's full of soul
REPEAT CHORUS:
BREAK: [F#] [E] [G#m] [B] //
[F#] [E] [G#m] [B]
VERSE 3:
[F#] Oh I know I will be loosened, from
[E] bonds that hold me tight
[G#m] And the chains all hung around me will
[B] fall away at last
[F#] And on that fine and fateful day I will
[E] take thee in my arms
[G#m] I will ride the night train, and I will
[B] be the fisherman
REPEAT CHORUS:
BREAK: [B] //
[F#] [E] [G#m] [B] //
[F#] [E] [G#m] [B]
OUTRO:
With light in my
[F#] hair, you in my
[E] arms
With light in my
[G#m] hair, you in my
[B] arms
With light in my
[F#] hair, you in my
[E] arms
With light in my
[G#m] hair, you in my
[B] arms
