[Intro]
A  \  D  E  A  \
[Strophe]
      A          D     E        A 
Oh it was a fine and a pleasant day 
 
Oh it was a fine and a pleasant day  
                A/G#   A/F#    E  
Out of Yarmouth harbor I was faring
 E/F#  E/G# 
 
Out of Yarmouth harbor I was faring 
     A     E   D           F#m 
As a cabin boy on a sailing lugger  
 
As a cabin boy on a sailing lugger   
A                      D     E 
For to hunt the bonny shoals of
    A 
 herring 
For to hunt the bonny shoals of herring 
[Instrumentale]
A / A /
[Strophe]
      A                D       
Now you're up on deck, you're a
 E     A 
 fisherman 
Now you're up on deck, you're a fisherman 
        A/G#       A/F#    E  
You can swear and show a manly
 E/F#  E/G# 
 bearing  
You can swear and show a manly bearing  
           A     E   D           
Take your turn and watch with the
       F#m 
 other fellas 
Take your turn and watch with the other fellas 
A                      D     E  
As you hunt the bonnie shoals of
   A 
 herring
As you hunt the bonnie shoals of herring
[Instrumentale]
A / A /
[Strophe]
         A             D    E     
Well I earned my keep and I paid my
 A 
 way 
Well I earned my keep and I paid my way 
        A/G#   A/F#    E   E/F# 
And I earned the gear that I was
 E/G# 
 wearing 
And I earned the gear that I was wearing 
             A     E     D         
I sailed a million mile, caught ten
         F#m 
 million fishes 
I sailed a million mile, caught ten million fishes 
A                      D     E   
We were dreaming of the shoals of
  A 
 herring
We were dreaming of the shoals of herring
[Instrumentale]
A / A /
[Strophe]
A                           D  A 
Night and day the seas were daring 
     A       D                E 
Come wind oh come more winter gale 
A           D              A         
Sweating or cold, growing up, growing
 D  E    F#m 
 old, Or dying 
Sweating or cold, growing up, growing old, Or dying 
A                     D        
As we dream about the shoals of
 E   A 
 herring
As we dream about the shoals of herring