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Standard Tuning Waltz Tempo 1 2+3+ or 1+2+3+
G C
Well, it's Blackfish at play in Hermitage Bay,
D G
From push through across to Bois Island. (pronounced BWAS)
G
They broach and they spout, and
C
They lift their flukes out, and
A D
They wave to a town that is dyin'.
G C
Now it's many's the boats, that has plied on the foam,
C C - D
Hauling a - way, Hauling a - way!
G C
But there's many more fellows, been leaving their homes,
D G
Where the whales make free in the harbour.
G C
It's at Portage and Main you'll see them again,
D G
On their way to the hills of Al - berta.
G C
With lop-side grins, they waggle their chins, and
A D
They brag of the wage they'll be earnin'.
G
Then it's quick, pull the string boys, and
C
Get the tool out,
C C - D
Haul it a - way, Haul it a - way!
G C
But just two years ago, you could hear the same shout,
D G
Where the whales make free in the harbour.
Chorus
G D G D
Free in the Harbour; the Blackfish are sporting a - gain,
G C C - D
Free in the Harbour; un - troubled by comings and goings of men,
G C
Who once did pursue them as oil from the sea,
C C - D
Hauling a - way, Hauling a - way!
G C
Now they're Calgary roughnecks from Hermitage Bay,
D G
Where the whales make free in the harbour.
Break:
G C
Well, it's a living they've found, deep in the ground, and
D G
If there's doubts, it's best they ig - nore them.
G C
Nor think on the bones, the crosses and stones,
A D
Of their fathers that came there be - fore them.
G C
In the taverns of Edmonton, fishermen shout,
C C - D
Haul it a - way, Haul it a - way!
G C
They left three hundred years buried up by the Bay,
D G
Where the whales make free in the harbour.
Chorus
G C G
Free in the harbour...a - gain.
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