'Cape St Marys' by Stan Rogers - Guitar Tutorial

            Cape St. Mary's     3/4     Stan Rogers     Otto P. Kelland
For the Family, Folk Traditions, Recorded in 1982 (R002)
Standard Tuning

        / D    /          / G             /
Take me / ba - / ck to my / western boat, /
       / G        / A        / D      /
Let me / fish off / Cape St. / Mary's./
          / G        / D
Where the / hog-down / sail, and
    / D         / G     /
The / fog horns / wail, /
        / D            / G               / A
With my / friends, the / Browns, and the / Clear -
/ G   /
/ ys, /
       / G        /          /  D      / /
Let me / fish off / Cape St. / Mary's. / /

       / D    /        / G      /
Let me / fe - /  el my / dory lift, /
       / G          /        / D
To the / broad At - / lantic / combers.
          / D        / G               /            /
Where the / tide rip / swirls, and the / wild ducks /
G
whirl, and
    / D       / G         / A     / G     / /
Old / Neptune / calls the / num - / bers, / /
           / G         /        / D        / /
'Neath the / wild At - / lantic / combers. / /

       / D    /       / G           /
Let me / sa - / il up / Golden Bay, /
        / G        / A       / D         /
With my / oilskins / all a - / streamin'./
         / G       / D               /           / G
From the / thunder / squalls, when I / hauled my / trawls, and

   / D        / G       / A      / G    / /
My / old Cape / Ann a - / glea - / min' / /
        / G        /         / D          / /
With my / oilskins / all a - / streamin', / / and
       / D    /         / G             /
Let me / vi - / ew that / rugged shore, /
         / G       / A       / D        /
With the / beaches / all a - / glisten, /
         / G      / D                 /           / G
With the / caplin / spawn, where from / dusk till / dawn,
    / D         / G              / A      / G   / /
You / bait your / trawl, and you / list - / en, / /
       / G       /         / D        / /
To the / under - / tow a - / hissin', / / and
       / D    /          / G               /
When I / re - / ach that / last big shoal, /
          / G            / A         / D       /
Where the / groundswells / break a - / sunder, /
          / G          / D            /         / G
Where the / wild sands / roll, to the / surge's / toll,
       / D    / G       / A    / G   / /
Let me / be a / man and / take / it, / /
        / G    /          / D        / /
When my / dory / fails to / make it. / /

   / D            /            / G                /
Oh / take me ba - / ck to that / snug green cove, /
          / G         / A        / D        /
Where the / seas roll / up their / thunder, /
      / G      / D            /              / G
There / let me / rest, in the / Earth's cool / breast,
          / D           / G         / A     / G    / /
Where the / stars shine / out their / won - / der, / / and
    / G         /          / D      /      / /
The / seas roll / up their / thun - / der. / /

Outro: Two verses melody (instrumental) then fade