[Intro]
G Bm Em D
[Verse]
G
Fishing on the prairies after the fish has gone
C D G
Don’t care for the weather, longs for the fog
Bm Em G
Dreams of boy hood days hauling traps and setting trawls
C Am D G
Headed out the bay each day spring time to the fall
[Chorus]
C G D Em
Catching fish was never easy, hard work for boy and man
C G D G
Where the wind is warm and breezy, when its blowing off the land
C G D Em
Its hard to leave the island, for a place that he cant stand
C G D G D Em D
And a part of him is dying, pulling oil from the sand
[Verse]
G
People say don’t worry, cuz he can have it all
C D G
In a place like fort mcmurry, or fort Saskatchewan
Bm Em G
But in his mind he lingers, and in his heart hes there
C Am D G
Out in the skiff, with his dad, far away from here
[Chorus]
C G D Em
Catching fish was never easy, hard work for boy and man
C G D G
Where the wind is warm and breezy, when its blowing off the land
C G D Em
Its hard to leave the island, for a place that he cant stand
C G D G D Em D
And a part of him is dying, pulling oil from the sand
[Verse]
G
Now each day he looks across, and the sky is everywhere
C D G
And at night he looks up at the starts, the nights are oh so clear
G D Em G
It reminds him of the ocean, though its far away from here
C Am D G
It will never ever leave him, one day he’ll go back there
[Chorus]
C G D Em
Catching fish was never easy, hard work for boy and man
C G D G
Where the wind is warm and breezy, when its blowing off the land
C G D Em
Its hard to leave the island, for a place that he cant stand
C G D G D Em D G
And a part of him is dying, pulling oil from the sand
