Chord Three Fishers by Stan Rogers

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 : Am Amsus2 | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | | - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - | | - - - - - - 2 - - - - - 2 - - | - - - - - - 2 - - - - - 2 - - | | - - - - 2 - - - - - 2 - - - - | - - - - 2 - - - - - 2 - - - - | | - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 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 .