Intro
EAEA
Verse 1
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There's many ships tarry in the harbour
DAE
Many roads wind across the hill
AEmDDm
And many roses grow on the arbour
AEA
Many's the girl waits for me there still
Chorus
E
For swiftly come all the tides returning
DAE
Swiftly go then and will not stay
AEmDDm
There is no boatman can net the morning
AEAE
There is no boatman can net the day
Verse 2
AE
The fish run deep, oh, they run so deeply
DAE
I cannot find them in the seas
AEmDDm
The lonely road winds the hill so steeply
AEA
I'll lie me down there and take my ease
Chorus
E
For swiftly come all the tides returning
DAE
Swiftly go then and will not stay
AEmDDm
There is no boatman can net the morning
AEAE
There is no boatman can net the day
Verse 3
AE
The rose that blooms blows its petals over
DAE
And the thorns lie along the bough
AEmDDm
The girls have gone now to a different lover
AEA
They will not linger beside me now
Chorus
E
For swiftly come all the tides returning
DAE
Swiftly go then and will not stay
AEmDDm
There is no boatman can net the morning
AEAE
There is no boatman can net the day
Verse 4
AE
I will build me a boat of silver
DAE
Steer it with a golden oar
AEmDDm
And I will row out of this sad harbour
AEA
And never sail back to this dark shore
Chorus
E
For swiftly come all the tides returning
DAE
Swiftly go then and will not stay
AEmDDm
There is no boatman can net the morning
AEA
There is no boatman can net the day
EmDDm
There is no boatman can net the morning
AEA
There is no boatman can net the day