Great Harbor Deep

D A D There's lumber and rusty old nails by the door, G We'll board up these houses and live here no more; GM D And even the gulls won't come up from the shore, A D 'Cause they know all the people are leavin' D A D There's Tucker and Darcy and Skipper Tom Brown, G They pulled up the boats and a-battened them down; GM D Bm She's just one more soul that fate pushed aground, A D The ocean's as still as a tombstone A We'll move to the city, they'll pay for our homes, D If the town was a body, it would be skin and bones; A What of the men we left here in the ground, D G Who died breathin' life in that town? Gm D Bm The dreams of our fathers will die in their sleep, A G D When they put out the lights in Great Harbour Deep D A D Things were much better when I was a lad, G When two workin' hands were all a man had; GM D Bm The sea was our mother, she called us from land, A D But now she seems like a stranger D A D It's funny, they say there's no cod anymore, But they find them in restaurants G and all the fine stores; Gm D Bm Its like God told them all, stay far from our shores, A D The foreigners must need the money A So we'll move to the city, they'll pay for our homes, D If the town was a body, it would be skin and bones; A What of the men we left here in the ground, D G Who died breathin' life in that town? GM D Bm The dreams of our fathers all died in their sleep, A G D When they put out the lights in Great Harbour Deep D They're down at the powerhouse, A D they'll soon throw the switch, G That will send us the darkness as black as the pitch; GM D Bm And some guy up in Ottawa, that son-of-a-bitch, A D In his own bed tonight he'll be keepin' D A D So I'll say my goodbyes to the rocks and the trees, And I'll walk through this splendor G whenever I please; GM D Bm Though the only way back here will be in my dreams, A D Ya can't stop a fella from sleepin' A So we'll move to the city, they'll pay for our homes, D If the town was a body, it would be skin and bones; A What of the men we left here in the ground, D G Who died breathin' life in that town? GM D Bm The dreams of our fathers all died in their sleep, A G D When they put out the lights in Great Harbour Deep D A D Now there stands the city with wide-open arms, And I'm sure now to some, well, G she does hold her charms; GM There's prostitutes, drug dealers, D Bm strip joints and bars, A D What a great place for raisin' your children A So, we moved to the city, they paid for our homes, D After all that old village was just skin and bones; A And we left all those men there alone in the ground, D G Who died giving life to that town; GM D Bm The dreams of our fathers all died in their sleep, A G D When they put out the lights in Great Harbour Deep A So we moved to the city, they paid for our homes, D After all that old village was just skin and bones; A And we left all those men there alone in the ground, D G Who died breathing life in that town; GM D Bm The dreams of our fathers all died in their sleep A G D When they put out the lights in Great Harbour Deep GM D Bm The ocean stands watchin', the vigil she'll keep, A G D She's the only one left now in Great Harbour Deep #J P Cormier