Middle Tickle - Joe batts arm longliners

If you come back home t^Go Newfoundland put asid^Ae your city^D charm ^GStop off at the^D fish plant in^Em a place called Joe Batts^A arm As ^Gyou approach that^D busy scene you^Em'll see some fish^F#mermen But^D most of all you'll^G see the big ^Alongliners comin'^D in.

There's Gilbert and the^G Stella She's^A loaded down with^D skate, And J^Gustin and the E^F#mndeavor, wher^Eme Billy Burke is^A mate With their^G hardy crews and^D captains They're th^Eme finest fisher^F#mmen, And the^D girls are all^G excited the lon^Agliners comin^D in

For the Joe Batts Arm long^Gliners they're^A comin' home t^Donight As they^G steam up t^F#mhe harbour you ca^Emn see their masthead^A light With their^G hardy crews and^D captains they're the^Em finest fish^F#mermen And the gi^Drls are all e^Gxcited the lon^Agliners comin'^D in.

They'll be dancin' at the^G motel un^Atil the early^D dawn And^G the finest band at^D Tilton Cove they're^Em swingin' arm-in^A-arm there's^G all those pretty^D island Girls all ^Emservin' up t^F#mhe beer. But t^Domorrow mornin^G' all the boys must b^Ae back at t^Dhe pier.

For the Joe Batts Arm long^Gliners they're^A comin' home t^Donight As they^G steam up t^F#mhe harbour you ca^Emn see their masthead^A light With their^G hardy crews and^D captains they're the^Em finest fish^F#mermen And the gi^Drls are all e^Gxcited the lon^Agliners comin'^D in.