# #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 17:38:23 -0330 From: Karl Griffiths <karl@engr.mun.ca> Subject: TAB: Make and Break Harbour by Stan Rogers Make and Break Harbour Words and Music By Stan Rogers Posted by: Karl Griffiths (karl@engr.mun.ca) This version of the song was taken from the live album "Home in Halifax". Please send any comments of suggestions to karl@engr.mun.ca. There is an error in the last verse. I've put in what it sounds like on the CD, but if anyone knows what its supposed to be please let me know. Verse I:

How ^Dstill lies the ^Bmbay, in the ^Glight western ^Aairs Which ^Emblow from the ^Gcrimson ho^Arizon Once ^Dmore we tack ^D7home, with a ^Gdry empty ^Ahole Saving ^Emnets with the ^Gbreezes so ^Afair She's a ^Dkindly cape ^Bmislander, ^Gold but still ^Asound But so ^Emlost in the ^Glong liners ^Ashadow Make and ^DBreak and make ^D7do, but the ^Gfish are so ^Afew That she ^Emwon't be re^Gplaced should she ^Dflounder

Verse II: Now its so hard to not think of before the big war When the cod went so cheap, but so plenty Foreign trawlers go by now with long seeking eyes Taking all where we seldom take any And the young folk don't stay with the fisherman's ways Long ago they all moved to the cities And the ones left behind old and tired and blind Won't work for a pound, for a penny. Chorus:

In ^GMake and Break ^AHarbour the ^Dboats are so few Too ^Bmmany are ^Ahold up and ^Grotten. ^A Most ^Dtowns stand ^Bmempty old ^Dnets hung to ^Gdry Are ^Ablown away ^Glost and ^Dforgotten

Verse III Now I can see the big draggers that stirred up the bay Leaving lobster traps smashed on the bottom And they think it don't pay to respect the old ways That make and break men have not forgotten For we still keep our time to the turn of the tide In this boat that I built with my father Still lifts to the sky, "wan loller" and I Still talk like old friends on the water Repeat Chorus Twice

Stan Rogers - Make And Break Harbour