Survive Another Drought

E D E As a fishing boat leaves its port one fine day in June, A E The crew and the captain leave their families when they go. E D E The sons are thinking to themselves, "I'll join my daddy-O A E To fish the blue horizon when I'm old." B A C#m This little town that grew so quick, that dwindled with the stock. E D E You'll never see a dragger tied up at the docks. B A C#m But yet with all the changes, the jobs are down and out. E D E This French Acadian fishing town will survive another drought. E D E This French Acadian fishing town will survive another drought. E D E When I was almost sixteen my father said to me, A E "You'd better go to college son and find a better life. E D E There is no future for you here no son, not anymore," A E As he bit his lip, swallowed his pride and sharpened up his knife. B A C#m This little town that grew so quick, that dwindled with the stock. E D E You'll never see a dragger tied up at the docks. B A C#m But yet with all the changes, the jobs are down and out. E D E This French Acadian fishing town will survive another drought. E D E This French Acadian fishing town will survive another drought. E D E I come to see my daddy-O, my family and I. A E Fifteen years since I've been gone and nothing seems the same. E D E They closed the plant, they leveled her, they auctioned off the steel. A E It's a cold hard truth but the government's to blame. B A C#m This little town that grew so quick, that dwindled with the stock. E D E You'll never see a dragger tied up at the docks. B A C#m But yet with all the changes, the jobs are down and out. E D E This French Acadian fishing town will survive another drought. E D E This French Acadian fishing town will survive another drought. E D E This French Acadian fishing town will survive another drought. E D E This French Acadian fishing town will survive another drought.