# 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 ^Cstill lies the ^Ambay, in the ^Flight western ^Gairs Which ^Dmblow from the ^Fcrimson ho^Grizon Once ^Cmore we tack ^C7home, with a ^Fdry empty ^Ghole Saving ^Dmnets with the ^Fbreezes so ^Gfair She's a ^Ckindly cape ^Amislander, ^Fold but still ^Gsound But so ^Dmlost in the ^Flong liners ^Gshadow Make and ^CBreak and make ^C7do, but the ^Ffish are so ^Gfew That she ^Dmwon't be re^Fplaced should she ^Cflounder

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 ^FMake and Break ^GHarbour the ^Cboats are so few Too ^Ammany are ^Ghold up and ^Frotten. ^G Most ^Ctowns stand ^Amempty old ^Cnets hung to ^Fdry Are ^Gblown away ^Flost and ^Cforgotten

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