Tom: Em
Am
[Verse 1]
Am7
We're taking on water
D/F#
Diesel and stores
G
Laying up awhile
C
Before I'm back on board
Am
They're patching her up
` D/F#
To go fishing again
G
Fishing again
Am7
They're welding her rudder
D/F#
Scrubbing her keel
G
Scars on her belly
C
Need time to heal
Am
In the dock
B
With the trawlermen
[Verse 2]
Am7
I know all the people
D/F#
There's nobody new
G
Soon we'll be leaving
C
With the same old crew
Am
On the green water
D/F# G
The tumbling sea
Am7
They ain't running
D
Like the good old days
G
Time's just slipping
C
Down the old slipways
Am
In the dock
B
So dear to me
[Chorus]
Am7 D/F# G
Dark is the night
Em7
I need a guiding light
G
To keep me
Em7
From foundering
D/F#
On the rocks
Am7 D/F# G
My only prayer
Em7
Is just to see you there
G
At the end
D/F#
Of my wandering
G G7
Back in the dock
[Instrumental]
C/G Am7 D/F# Bm Fmaj7
Em Em B7/F# F7 Em
[Verse 3]
Am7
I could use a layoff
D/F#
Getting my strength back
G
But there's a loan to pay off
C
And a few skipjack
Am
So it's a turnaround
D/F#
Back in the southerly wind
G
Southerly wind
Am7
Pirates coming in
D/F#
To steal our gold
G
You can count yourself lucky
C
With a profit in the hold
Am
In the dock
B
When we come in
[Chorus]
Am7 D/F# G
Dark is the night
Em7
I need a guiding light
G
To keep me
Em7
From foundering
D/F#
On the rocks
Am7 D/F# G
My only prayer
Em7
Is just to see you there
G
At the end
D/F#
Of my wandering
G G7
Back in the dock
[Outro]
C/G Am7 D/F# Bm Fmaj7
Em Em B7/F# F7 Em G
C/G Am7 D/F# Bm Fmaj7
Em Em B7/F# F7 C B Em G7
C/G Am7 D/F# Bm Fmaj7
Em Em B7/F# F7 Em
