Free In The Harbour

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               / G                             / C

Well, it's / Blackfish at play in / Hermitage Bay,

          / D                                              / G

From / push through across to Bois / Island.    (pronounced BWAS)

         / G

They / broach and they spout, and

         / C

They / lift their flukes out, and

         / A                                   / D

They / wave to a town that is / dyin'.

              / G                                           / C

Now it's / many's the boats, that has / plied on the foam,

C                         / C       -        D

Hauling a - way, / Hauling a - way!

                   / G                                         /C

But there's / many more fellows, been / leaving their homes,

                   / D                                       / G

Where the / whales make free in the / harbour.



          / G                                      / C

It's at / Portage and Main you'll / see them again,

              / D                                  / G

On their / way to the hills of Al - / berta.

         / G                              / C

With / lop-side grins, they / waggle their chins, and

         / A                                           / D

They / brag of the wage they'll be / earnin'.

               / G

Then it's / quick, pull the string boys, and

C          /

Get the / tool out,

C                       / C      -       D

Haul it a - way, / Haul it a - way!

              / G                                        / C

But just / two years ago, you could / hear the same shout,

                  / D                                        / G

Where the / whales make free in the / harbour.



Chorus:



G                 / D                   / G                                         / D

Free in the / Harbour; the / Blackfish are sporting a - / gain,

 G                / C                    /                                            / C      -       D

Free in the / Harbour; un - / troubled by comings and / goings of men,

         / G                                         / C

Who / once did pursue them as / oil from the sea,

C                         / C       -        D

Hauling a - way, / Hauling a - way!

                     / G                                         / C

Now they're / Calgary roughnecks from / Hermitage Bay,

                   / D                                       / G

Where the / whales make free in the / harbour.



Break:



                  / G                               / C

Well, it's a / living they've found, / deep in the ground, and

               / D                                        / G

If there's / doubts, it's best they ig - / nore them.

       / G                                     / C

Nor / think on the bones, the / crosses and stones,

              / A                                             / D

Of their / fathers that came there be - / fore them.

          / G                                  / C

In the / taverns of Edmonton, / fishermen shout,

C                       / C      -       D

Haul it a - way, / Haul it a - way!

               / G                                             / C

They left / three hundred years buried / up by the Bay,

                   / D                                      / G

Where the / whales make free in the / harbour.



Chorus:



G                 / C                  / G

Free in the / harbour...a - / gain.