STAN ROGERS - "Bluenose" Tablature

Words & Music: Stan Rogers
Song: Bluenose
Tabbed By: Charlie H.


Intro: Am

Am G
Once again with the tide, she slips her lines,
F
Turns her head and comes awake,
Am G
Where she lay so still there at Privateers Wharf,
F
Now she quickly gathers way,

C Em
She will range far south of the harbour mouth, and
Am D
Rejoice with every wave,


Am C Am
Who will know the Bluenose in the sun.


Am G
Feel her bow rise free of Mother sea,
F
In a sunburst cloud of spray,
Am G
That stings the cheek, while the rigging will speak
F
Of sea miles gone away,

C Em
She is always best under full press,
Am D
Hard over as she'll lay.


Am C F
Who will know the Bluenose in the sun.
Am C F
Who will know the Bluenose in the sun.


Am C
The proud past queen of the Grand Banks fleet,
Em Am
Portrayed on every dime,
Em Am
Knew hard work in her time,
Em N/C
Hard work in every line.

Am C
The rich man's toys of the Gloucester boys,
Em Am
With their token bit of cod,
Am D G
They snapped their spars and strained to pass her by,
Em
But she left them all behind,

Am G
Now her namesake daughter remains,
F
To show what she has been.
Am G
What every school boy remembers, and
F
Will not come again,

C Em
To think she's the last of the Grand Bank schooners,
Am D
That fed so many men.

Am C F
Who will know the Bluenose in the sun.
Am C F
Who will know the Bluenose in the sun.


Break: Fiddle
Am C F
Am C D
Am C F
Am C D


Am G
So does she not take wing like a living thing,
F
Child of the moving tide,
Am G
See her pass with grace on the water's face,
F
With clean and quiet pride,

C Em
Our own tall ship of great renown,
Am D
Still lifts unto the sky.

Am C F
Who will know the Bluenose in the sun.
Am C F
Who will know the Bluenose in the sun.
Am
Know the Bluenose in the sun
Am Em Am
Know the Bluenose in the sun