Three Fishers

Three Fishers 3/4 Stan Rogers Charles Kingsley and John Hull

Standard Tuning / T T 2+ 3+ Two Bass notes two bottom strings (Cross Picking)

by Ken Lee

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Three / fishers went / sailing out / into the / west,

Out / into the / west as the / sun went / down,

Each / thought on the / woman that / loved him the / best, and

The / children stood / watching them / out of the / town,

For / men must / work and / women must / weep,

For there's / little to / earn and / many to / keep, and

The / harbour / bar be / moa - nin', / and

The / harbour / bar be / moa - / nin'. / / /

Three / wives sat / up in the / lighthouse / tower,

They / trimmed the / lamps as the / sun went / down, and

They / looked at the / squall and they / looked at the / shower, and

The / night-wrack came / rollin' in, / ragged and / brown.

Chorus:

For / men must / work and / women must / weep,

Though / storms be / sud - den and the / waters be / deep, and

The / harbour / bar be / moa - nin', / and

The / Harbour / bar be / moa - / nin'.

Break: One Chorus Instrumental then Repeat last Chorus:

Three / corpses lay / out on the / shining / sand,

In the / morning / gleam as the / tide went / down, and

The / women were / weepin' and / wringin' their / hands,

For / those who would / never come / back to the / town.

For / men must / work and / women must / weep, and

The / sooner it's / over, the / sooner to / sleep, and

Good - / bye to the / bar and its / moa - nin', / and

Good - / bye to the / bar and it's / moa - / nin',

Oh / men must / work and / women must / weep, and

The / sooner it's / over, the / sooner to / sleep, and

Good - / bye to the / bar and its / moa - nin', / and

Good - / bye to the / bar and it's / moa - / nin',