This is certainly mr. McCann's most impressive

 song to date.Alan Doyle's Nic Jones style guitar

 part is played in Open C and deserving of a full tab.

 this transcription will follow the implied chords and\or

 the ones played (in standard) by Murray Foster's guitar.



 Use A capo on the fifth fret.





 Intro:|C  |

 C                    F         G5    C

 We were far from the shores of England

 C            F             G5

 Far from our children and wives

    F        C           G5      C

 To play our hand in the Newfoundland

                     F    C   G5

 where the wind cuts like a knife

         C            F         G5    C

 we were far from the shores of England



    C                    G5   C

 We shipped on board the Maryanne

           F      G5

 to find a better life

        F        C        G5  C

 and we walked across the water 

                   F  C    G5

 when she broke up on the ice

 

 we came ashore in Carbonear 

 with nothing but our rights

 and I wondered if I e'er again

 would see my London Lights 



 we were far from the shores of England

 far from our children and wives

 to play our hand in the Newfoundland

 where the wind cuts like a knife

 we were far from the shores of England

 far from our native soil

 to chase a wish,and to hunt the fish,

 and on the rocks to toil

 we were far from the shores of England



 We spend our days amid the waves

 working water, hook and twine

 we'd go for weeks with blistered cheeks

 waiting for the sun to shine

 but as long as the sky hold over us

 we will not taste the brine

 and we'll curse the cod with the fear of god

 as we haul in every line



 CHORUS



 Break: |C Dm7 G| X2



 Should we find fortune's favour,

 and be spared from the gale

 we will live off honest labour

 with our hearts as big as sails

 but if I should die don't bury me

 or leave me to the sea

 just send my bones back to my home

 where my spirit can be free



 CHORUS, end on C