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 |
CWe were far from the Fshores of G5EnglanCd
CFar from our Fchildren and wG5ives
FTo play oCur hand in tG5he NewfoCundland
FwhereC theG5 wind cuts like a knife
Cwe were far fFrom the shG5ores oCf England

CWe shipped on board tG5he MaCryanne
Fto findG5 a better life
Fand we waClked acroG5ss tChe water
FwheCn sheG5 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 d7 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