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GUEST,AnneMC Chord Req: Fishing with john (8) RE: Chord Req: Fishing with john 18 Jul 05


Have managed to work out these chords, but if anyone can rectify any errors with chords (chorus had some difficulty, may be a minor needed) please contribute.

Fishing With John
Words by Bill Gallaher, Music by Mike Jones 1994
                                                    
(G)Sometimes I grow weary (C)of big (G)city ways,
Tired of the rat race and (C)each day's (D)new craze;
(C)Sometimes I (D)find myself (G)lost in a (C)maze,
Not (G)knowing what (Am)I   can be(D)lieve in
But I (G)just heard from John, he says (C)I should come (G)soon,
Spend time on his troller while the (C)season's full (D)bloom;
He (C)says it's no (D)picnic; there's (G)no elbow (C)room,
But it's (G)something that (Am)you can be(D)lieve in.

I (C)might stay for(D)ever or j(G)just for a (C)while,
I (G)might go an (Am)inch; I might go a (D)mile;
(C)If someone (D)asks for me, (G)tell them I've (C)gone,
(G)Away to the (Am)West Coast, (D)fishing with (G)John.      
D    C    D    G    Am    D    G   ( INSTRUMENTAL TURNAROUND)
                
(G)He says we'll run north till the (C)last light of (G)day,
And wait out the night in some (C)rain spattered (D)bay;
In the (C)mist of the (D) dawn we'll be (G)well under(C)way,
To the (G)fishing grounds (Am)spoiling for (D)salmon.
It's a (G)sea gypsy's life that (C)each season (G)brings,
On a boat that's in tune to the (C)song the wind (D)sings;
With her (C)lines set for (D)salmon, her (G)poles out like (C)wings,
She (G)glides like a (Am)bird on the (D)water.

                                        CHORUS
For (G)forty years John's made the (C)sea his first (G)home,
And all that it's served up he's (C)faced on his (D)own;
It's(C) his way of (D)life, he says, (G)all that he's (C)known,
He'll be (G)fishing as (Am)long as there's (D)salmon.
So I (G)leave in the morning, to (C)make my way (G)west,
How long there'll be salmon is (C)anyone's (D)guess;
And (C)God only (D)knows how much (G)time John has (C)left,
But he's (G)asked me to (Am)come share it (D)with him.

I (C)might stay (D)forever or (G)just for a (C)while,
(G)I might go an (Am)inch; I might go a (D)mile;
(C)If someone (D)asks for me, (G)tell them I've (C)gone,
(Am)Away to the (D)West Coast, (D7)fishing with (G)John.
(Am)Away to the (D)West Coast, (D7)fishing with (G)John.


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