Chords Req: Fogarty's Cove (Stan Rogers)

Subject: Fogarty's Cove Chords
From: GUEST,Paddy Chessell
Date: 28 Jul 01 - 01:40 AM

Anyone got the chords for Fogarty's Cove by Stan Rogers? Please post or e-mail. Thanks in advance.

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Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: FOGARTY'S COVE (Stan Rogers)
From: Jeremiah McCaw
Date: 28 Jul 01 - 03:07 AM

Fogarty's Cove.
Stan Rogers (1976)

---D---------------------------------G-----D---------------G
We just lost sight of the Queensport light down the bay be-fore us
-----Bm---------------------------G----------------------------D
& the wind has blown some cold to-day with just a wee touch of snow
--D------------------------G----D---------------G
A-long the shore from Lazy Head hard abeam Half Island
---Bm----------------------G-D--------A---------D
To-night we let the anchor go down in Fogarty's Cove

---------Bm----------------------A------Em----------------F#m
She will walk the sandy shore so plain, watch the combers roll in
-------G--------------------------D----A-----------------D
'Til I come to Wild Rose Chance a-gain down in Fogarty's Cove
-------Bm---------------------A----Em----------------F#m
She'll walk the sandy shore a-gain, watch the combers roll in
-------G-------------------------D-----A-----------------D
'Til I come to Wild Rose Chance a-gain down in Fogarty's Cove.

My Sally's like a raven's wing, her hair is like her mother's
With hands that make quick work of a chore and eyes like the top of a stove
Come suppertime she'll walk the beach wrapped in my old duffel
With her eyes upon the Masthead Reach, down in Fogarty's Cove

repeat chorus:

She cries when I'm away to sea, nags me when I'm with her
She'd rather I'd a government job, or maybe go on the dole
But I love her wave as I put about and nose into the channel
My Sally keeps a supper and a bed for me down in Fogarty's Cove

repeat chorus twice.

Subject: RE: Fogarty's Cove Chords
From: Jeremiah McCaw
Date: 28 Jul 01 - 03:10 AM

If the chords don't exactly line up in your display, just copy the whole thing to your word pro and change the font to "Courier New". Should do the trick.

Subject: RE: Fogarty's Cove Chords
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 28 Jul 01 - 03:46 AM

It's also capoed 2nd or 3rd for the album key I'm pretty sure... I KNOW it's not in D... I'm almost certain it's in E...

And that really cool time sig change in the chorus... great fun that!

who say's folk music has to be simplistic...

Subject: RE: Fogarty's Cove Chords
From: chessell
Date: 28 Jul 01 - 01:14 PM

Thanks a lots Jeremiah.
Have a good summer.
Cheers,
Paddy.

Subject: RE: Fogarty's Cove Chords
From: Charley Noble
Date: 28 Jul 01 - 02:00 PM

Good work on the chords! Any clue what the phrase "Wild Rose Chance" means? Is it a landmark, a village, a figment of Roger's collective imagination?

Subject: RE: Fogarty's Cove Chords
From: SINSULL
Date: 29 Jul 01 - 03:33 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: Fogarty's Cove Chords
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 29 Jul 01 - 03:37 PM

I'm pretty sure it's a pub... The Wild Rose Chance

Subject: RE: Chords Req: Fogarty's Cove (Stan Rogers)
From: MMario
Date: 27 May 03 - 03:04 PM

X:1
T:Fogarty's COve
C:Stan Rogers
N:'Songs from Fogarty's Cove'
I:abc2nwc
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
z4z2C2|D2C2D2C C|D2(E F) G2z2|
w:We just lost sight of the Queens-port_ light
A3A (G F) E2|D2G2-G2E E|F3F F2(F G)|(F E) D2B,3B,|
w:down the bay_ be-fore us_ And the wind has blown some_ cold_ to-day with
A, B, D2(E D) B,2|A,4z3C|D3C D2D2|E2F2G2z2|
w:just a wee touch_ of snow A-long the shore from La-zy Head
A3A G2F2|D2G2-G2E2|F3F F2G2|(F E) D2B,2z2|
w:hard a-beam Half Is-land_ To-night we let the an_-chor go
B,2D2E D B,2|D8|"^chorus"z4F2A2|B2zB B2c B-|
w:down in Fo-gar-ty's Cove She will walk the san-dy shore_
B2A2E2z2|E2zE E2D F-|F2A2z2E F|G2zG G2A2|
w:so plain, watch the comb-ers roll_ in 'Til I come to Wild Rose
[M:3/4]E2D F- F2|[M:4/4]E2E2F D D2|D4zA3|B2zB B2c B-|
w:Chance a-gain_ down in Fo-gar-ty's Cove She'll walk the san-dy shore_
B2A2F2z2|E2zE E2D F-|F2A2z2E F|G2zG G2G2|
w:a-gain, watch the comb-ers roll_ in 'Til I come to Wild Rose
[M:3/4]E2D F- F2|[M:4/4]E2E2F D D2|D4z4
w:Chance a-gain_ down in Fo-gar-ty's Cove.

Subject: RE: Chords Req: Fogarty's Cove (Stan Rogers)
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 27 May 03 - 08:25 PM

I have also wondered about the meaning of Wild Rose Chance. There are certainly no pubs in Fogarty's Cove. We are talking about a rugged shoreline with a very small population. I suspect that it is a local term as the places mentioned are real.

Subject: RE: Chords Req: Fogarty's Cove (Stan Rogers)
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 27 May 03 - 10:44 PM

I seem to recall that there is no Fogarty's Cove either though right?

:-)

Subject: RE: Chords Req: Fogarty's Cove (Stan Rogers)
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 28 May 03 - 05:25 AM

Fogarty's Cove and Fogarty's Head are located a few miles from the town of Canso, where the Stanfest is held. They do exist and are located between Queensport and Canso. Lazy Head and Half Island also lie on this stretch of coastline.
This is a direct quote from Stan in his songbook:
" For some strange reason , government maps of Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia, show the place that I think of as Fogarty's Cove as being called Indian Cove. A lot they know."
The place that dosen't exist is Make And Break Harbour. That name came from the old put-put engines (the one-lunger) that most fishermen used in earlier days. It was chosen to apply to any fishing community along that shore.
                Sandy

Subject: RE: Chords Req: Fogarty's Cove (Stan Rogers)
From: GUEST
Date: 18 May 07 - 06:25 PM

Was curious about this myself, sorry to hear Wild Rose Chance either doesn't exist or is locally known only. For those interested in science fiction, S.M. Stirling's "Island in the Sea of Time" and it's sequels make some use of Stan's music, including a small town (in a Bronze Age Long Island) being named Fogarty's Cove - with a rather nice tavern named Wild Rose Chance. Thought it a nice homage.

Cheers!
-j

Subject: RE: Chords Req: Fogarty's Cove (Stan Rogers)
From: Bob the Postman
Date: 18 May 07 - 08:05 PM

Wild Rose Chance is the girl's name. Like Daisy Fortune, except it's Wild Rose Chance. Or like the hillbilly girl in Steinbeck's "Grapes Of Wrath" named Rose of Sharon, or Rosasharn as he gives it in dialect. Maybe Papa Chance was away working in Alberta when his daughter was born so they named her Wild Rose after the provincial flower.

Subject: RE: Chords Req: Fogarty's Cove (Stan Rogers)
From: GUEST
Date: 06 Jul 12 - 12:30 AM

I thought the girl's name was Sally?

Subject: RE: Chords Req: Fogarty's Cove (Stan Rogers)
From: GUEST,999
Date: 06 Jul 12 - 12:42 AM

No offense, but between youse two, you have defined fucked up.

Subject: RE: Chords Req: Fogarty's Cove (Stan Rogers)
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 06 Jul 12 - 12:54 AM

"eyes like the top of a stove"

What damsel could resist such a romantic fantasy?

Subject: RE: Chords Req: Fogarty's Cove (Stan Rogers)
From: Charley Noble
Date: 06 Jul 12 - 09:04 AM

"Wild Rose Chance" as the name of a seaside pub makes lots of sense. "Wild Rose" is typically the name of a cheap whisky or other such liquor, while "chance" used to mean "favorable" as in the nautical phrase "chance of wind."

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Chords Req: Fogarty's Cove (Stan Rogers)
From: meself
Date: 06 Jul 12 - 10:26 AM

The idea of a 'seaside pub' has romantic appeal - but as far as I know, such a thing was an exceedingly rare creature in the Maritimes - still is, although not quite as much so now as in the 1960s or whatever earlier era Stan was imagining. See Sandy's first post.

Subject: RE: Chords Req: Fogarty's Cove (Stan Rogers)
From: GUEST,Brendan McGuire
Date: 30 Jan 13 - 11:12 PM

Yeah, I didn't get the line about "eyes like the top of a stove" either. What is that about?

Subject: RE: Chords Req: Fogarty's Cove (Stan Rogers)
From: GUEST,Rory O'Donnell
Date: 07 Feb 13 - 10:41 AM

Eyes like the top of a stove is not referring to the shape of her eyes, but rather the warmth.

Subject: RE: Chords Req: Fogarty's Cove (Stan Rogers)
From: GUEST
Date: 07 Feb 13 - 10:44 AM

I though she had black eyes from walking into too many doors??

Subject: RE: Chords Req: Fogarty's Cove (Stan Rogers)
From: GUEST
Date: 09 Feb 13 - 08:16 PM

Okay, thanks, that makes sense. Why didn't I think of that?

Subject: RE: Chords Req: Fogarty's Cove (Stan Rogers)
From: meself
Date: 09 Feb 13 - 08:38 PM

I take the "eyes" business to be a reference to the round, removable, lids over the holes in the top of a woodstove, of the type that were common in country kitchens of the Maritimes (and elsewhere)in Stan's early days.

Subject: RE: Chords Req: Fogarty's Cove (Stan Rogers)
From: Beer
Date: 09 Feb 13 - 10:42 PM

What a great song.
Adrien

Subject: RE: Chords Req: Fogarty's Cove (Stan Rogers)
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 10 Feb 13 - 09:24 PM

Stan's legacy will live long beyond his too short life but like Hank Williams, I often wonder what he would have written had he survived longer?

Subject: RE: Chords Req: Fogarty's Cove (Stan Rogers)
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 26 Jun 14 - 11:42 AM

In the front page of todays Halifax Herald it tells of the coming destruction of Fogarty's Cove; how the land is being expropriated from the Fogarty family to house a large gravel quarry.
Fogarty's Cove