Chords with a slash (like E/G#) describe the bass line to the previous chord.
Listen to the Corries playing this tune here:
https://youtu.be/XTIfCO-ttfA
Tremolo - Capo III
A Bm A
With our nets and gear we're faring
A Bm A E
On the wild and wasteful ocean.
A Bm A Bm A A A/G# F#m
It's out there on the deep we harvest and reap - our bread
A D E A
As we hunt the bonny shoals o herrin
A D A
O it was a fine and a pleasant summers day
A A A/G# A/F# E
Out of Yarmouth harbour I was faring
E/F# G# A D A F#m
As a cabin boy on a sailing lugger
A D E A
We were up to hunt the shoals of herring
A D A
Now the work was hard and the hours long
A A A/G# A/F# E
and the treatment surely took some bearing
E/F# A/G# A D A A A/G# F#m
there was little kindness and the kicks were many
A D E A
as we hunted for the shoals o herrin
A D A
Now we fished the Swarth and the Broken Bank
A A A/G# A/F# E
I was cook and I'd a quarter share in
E/F# E/G# A D A A A/G# F#m
And I used to sleep standing on me feet
A D E A
And I dreamed about the shoals o herrin
A D A
We left the home grounds in the month of June
A A A/G# A/F# E
And for Canny Shiels we soon were bearing
E/F# E/G# A D A A A/G# F#m
With a hundred cran of the silver darlings
A D E A
That we'd taken from the shoals o herrin
A D A
In the stormy seas and the living gales
A A A/G# A/F# E
Just to earn your daily bread you're daring
E/F# E/G# A D A A A/G# F#m
From the Dover Straits to the Faroe Islands
A D E A
And you're following the shoals o herrin
A D A
Now you're up on deck, you're a fisherman
A A A/G# A/F# E
You can swear and show a manly bearing
E/F# E/G# A D A A A/G# F#m
Take your turn on deck with the other fellows
A D E A
As you're following the shoals o herrin
[Tremolo]
A Bm A
Night and day we’re farin
A Bm A E
Come winter wind or winter gales.
A Bm A Bm A A A/G# F#m
Sweat or cold, growing up, growing old, or dying
A D E A
As you hunt the bonny shoals o herrin.
