Stan Rogers - Three Fishers

this haunting version of three fishers was arranged by garnet rogers , and included on
his brother stan’s for the family album .

standard tuning , capo 2

picking pattern :
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intro :
Am Amsus2 Am Amsus2

verse 1 :
Am Amsus2 F G
three fishers went sailing out into the west ,
Am Amsus2 Em G
out into the west as the sun went down ,
F F C G
each thought on the woman that loved him the best ,
Am Amsus2 F G
and the children stood watching them out of the town ,

chorus :
C C F G
for men must work and women must weep ,
Am Amsus2 Em G
for there’s little to earn and many to keep ,
F F Am G
and the harbour bar be moanin’ ,
Am F G C
the harbour bar be moanin’ .

verse 2 :
three wives sat up in the lighthouse tower ,
they trimmed the lamps as the sun went down ,
and they looked at the squall and they looked at the shower ,
and the night wrack came rollin’ in , ragged and brown .

chorus

verse 3 :
three corpses lay out on the shining sand ,
in the morning gleam as the tide went down ,
and the women were weepin’ and wringin’ their hands ,
for those who would never come back to the town .