RANKIN FAMILY - "fishermans son" Tablature
Official RANKIN FAMILY Tablature & Sheet Music »
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 1997 15:52:26 -0400 GMT
From: RONALD A MACLELLAN <RAMACLELLAN@imail.nsac.ns.ca>
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: Song saved as ASCII Text
Fisherman's Son
Written by Jimmy Rankin
CD - The Rankin Family, Fare Thee Well Love, Capital, EMI
Copyright Co' Bhan Music Company Limited - SOCAN
Submitted by: Ron A. MacLellan
e-mail: ramaclellan@imail.nsac.ns.ca
Capo 4th Fret G D G
use a G with three fingers not with four
G D G
I'm a fisherman's son got fisherman's ways
G D G
I fished with my father in my young days
G F C Am
I learned the fine craft of the fisherman's trade
G D G G D G
Just to pass to my son so he'll do the same
G D G
The sea is my lifeline the shore is my home
G D G
I've been to your cities I didn't stay long
G F C Am
I stared at the bright lights the dark city ways
G D G
I'll tell you that's not for me, no I didn't stay
Chorus: F C C/G G D G
Singing La La La La La La, La La La La La La La
G D G
Some days are rough so we roll with the waves
G D G
This living is tough, slack is the pay
G F C Am
But we leave with the sunrise, we wake at the dawn
G D G
Singing the fisherman's song
Chorus
G D G
I'm a fisherman's son got fisherman's blood
G D G
Just hauling the lobster, jigging the cod
G F C Am
And if you don't like me then leave me alone
G D G
And I'll go on singing my fisherman's song
Chorus (twice)
G D G
I'm a fisherman's son got fisherman's ways
G D G
I fished with my father in my young days
G F C Am
I learned the fine craft of the fisherman's trade
G D G
Just to pass to my son so he'll do the same
Chorus (twice with no music)
Chorus (twice with music)
G D
La La La La La La La
G D
La La La La La La La
G D
La La La La La La La
end G Gadd9 G Gadd9 G
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP,
representing the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and
The Music Publisher's Association of the United States (MPA).
Unfortunately, these threats are fueled by greed and being masked by a "copyright infringement." They claim tab sites are
"hurting the songwriters," but it's a known fact that the publishing companies garner most of the
revenue. Instead, they would prefer you to purchase the
official RANKIN FAMILY tablature
which is an option we've always given our users. And due to the highly error-prone nature of tabs on the internet, many choose to go this route.
These companies also do not realize that tablature sites help to promote their artists.
For more information on this onslaught, you can read the
NY Times Article.
We hope one of the larger tablature sites will have the money to fight this. Until then, we urge you all to keep tabbing songs and sharing them in any way you can.
Return to RANKIN FAMILY Tablature »
Official RANKIN FAMILY Tablature & Sheet Music »