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Free in the Harbour 3/4 Stan Rogers Free in the Harbour Standard Tuning / Waltz Tempo 1 2+3+ or 1+2+3+ Submitted by Ken Lee kandvlee@shaw.ca / F / F Well, it's / Blackfish at play in / Hermitage Bay, / G / F From / push through across to Bois / Island. (pronounced BWAS) / F They / broach and they spout, and / F They / lift their flukes out, and / D / G They / wave to a town that is / dyin'. / F / F Now it's / many's the boats, that has / plied on the foam, F / F - G Hauling a - way, / Hauling a - way! / F /F But there's / many more fellows, been / leaving their homes, / G / F Where the / whales make free in the / harbour. / F / F It's at / Portage and Main you'll / see them again, / G / F On their / way to the hills of Al - / berta. / F / F With / lop-side grins, they / waggle their chins, and / D / G They / brag of the wage they'll be / earnin'. / F Then it's / quick, pull the string boys, and F / Get the / tool out, F / F - G Haul it a - way, / Haul it a - way! / F / F But just / two years ago, you could / hear the same shout, / G / F Where the / whales make free in the / harbour. Chorus: F / G / F / G Free in the / Harbour; the / Blackfish are sporting a - / gain, F / F / / F - G Free in the / Harbour; un - / troubled by comings and / goings of men, / F / F Who / once did pursue them as / oil from the sea, F / F - G Hauling a - way, / Hauling a - way! / F / F Now they're / Calgary roughnecks from / Hermitage Bay, / G / F Where the / whales make free in the / harbour. Break: / F / F Well, it's a / living they've found, / deep in the ground, and / G / F If there's / doubts, it's best they ig - / nore them. / F / F Nor / think on the bones, the / crosses and stones, / D / G Of their / fathers that came there be - / fore them. / F / F In the / taverns of Edmonton, / fishermen shout, F / F - G Haul it a - way, / Haul it a - way! / F / F They left / three hundred years buried / up by the Bay, / G / F Where the / whales make free in the / harbour. Chorus: F / F / F Free in the / harbour...a - / gain.