Tom: G G Am D Em Where Patterson Creek's muddy waters run down C G Am D Past the penny arcades, by the harbour downtown, Em Am D Em All the old Turtlebacks rust in the rain C D G Like they never will leave there again. G Am D Em But leave there they will in the hours before dawn, C G Am D Slip out in the darkness without word or song; Em Am D Em For a few more years yet they will work while they can C D G To catch tiny fish for Japan. D C G No white fish or trout here, we leave them alone. C G Am D The inspectors raise hell if we take any home. D C G What kind of fisherman can't eat his catch Em A7 D Or call what he's taken his own? G Am D Em But the plant works three shifts now. There's plenty of pay. C G Am D We ship seventeen tons of this garbage each day. Em Am D Em If we want to eat fish, then we'll open a can, C D G And catch tiny fish for Japan. D C G In the Norfolk Hotel over far too much beer, C G Am D The old guys remember when the water ran clear. D C G No poisons with names that we can't understand Em A7 D And no tiny fish for Japan G Am D Em So the days run together. Each one is the same. C G Am D And it's good that the smelt have no lovelier name. Em Am D Em For it's all just a job now, we'll work while we can, C D G To catch tiny fish for Japan. C D G And we'll catch tiny fish for Japan.