Dan Fogelberg - The reach

^F#It's Maine... ^BAnd it's Autumn ^F#The birches have j^Bust begin ^G#mturn^C#ing ^F#It's life and it's ^Bdying ^F#The lobstermen's ^G#mboats come re^C#7turn^C#ing With the ^D#mcatch of the ^F#day in their ^Bholds And the ^D#myoung boys ^F#cold and comp^Blain^C#7ing The ^F#fog meets the ^Bbeaches and ^F#out on The ^C#Reach it is ^F#raining --^{E B F#}

^F#It's father and ^Bson It's the ^F#way it's been ^Bdone since the ^G#mold d^C#ays It's ^F#hauling by ^Bhand ten miles ^F#out From the l^Band where their ^G#mchow ^C#waits And the ^D#mdays are all ^F#lonely and ^Blong And ^D#mseas grow so s^F#tormy and ^Bstrong ^C#but ^F#The Reach will sing ^Bwelcome as ^F#homeward They ^C#hurry a^F#long ^{E B F#}

^F#And the morning will blow ^Ba ^F#way As the ^A#mwaves crash and ^Bfall ^BAnd the Reach like a ^Fsi ^Bren ^F#sings ^F#As she beckons and ^G#mcalls ^B As the coastline re^F#cedes ^Bfrom ^F#view And the ^A#mseas swell and ^Bro^C#ooo^Bll I will take from the ^F#Reach All that she has to ^G#mteach To the depths of my ^F#soul ^{E B C# F#}

^F#The wind brings a ^Bchill ^F#There's a frost on the ^G#msill in the ^C#7morn^C#ing ^F#It creeps through the ^Bdoor On the ^F#edge of the s^G#mhore Ice is ^C#7form^C#ing Soon the ^D#mnorthers will ^F#bluster and ^Bblow And the ^D#mwoods will be ^F#whitened With ^Bsnowf^C#all And the ^F#Reach will lie ^Bfrozen For the ^F#lost and un^C#chosen to ^F#row -- ^{E B F#}

^F#And the morning will blow ^Ba ^F#way As the ^A#mwaves crash and ^Bfall And the Reach like a ^F#si ^Bren ^F#sings As she beckons and ^G#mcalls ^B As the coastline rec^F#edes ^Bfrom ^F#view And the ^A#mseas swell and ^Bro^C#ooo^Bll I will take from the ^F#Reach All that she has to ^G#mteach To the depths of my ^F#soul