Biography:
James Keelaghan is a Juno award-winning Canadian folk singer-songwriter born in Calgary, Alberta, now based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Many of his songs, such as "Kiri's Piano", about the interment of Japanese Canadians, "October 70", about the FLQ crisis, are inspired by events and figures in Canadian history. Known for his lilting baritone voice, his driving rhythm guitar, and a keen sense of scene and narrative, Keelaghan’s music bridges traditional folk music with Canadiana.
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Other songs:
- Boom Gone Bust
- Cold Missouri Waters
- Country Faire
- Dance As You Go
- Fires Of Calais
- Get To You
- Gladys Ridge
- Glory Bound
- Harvest Train
- Henrys Downfall
- Hillcrest Mine
- Hold Your Ground
- Hope Princeton Road
- House Of Cards
- I Would I Were
- Jack Haggerty
- Kiris Piano
- Lazarus
- Leave Town
- Lost
- Mcconnvilles
- Mirabeau Bridge
- Misty Mountain
- My Blood
- My Old Man
- My Skies
- Never Gonna Stop This Train
- Next To You
- Nothing
- Number 37
- Orion
- Rebeccas Lament
- Red River Rising
- Red
- Refugee
- Ring
- Safe Home
- Sea For The Shore
- Sinatra And I
- Since You Asked
- Sing My Heart Home
- Small Rebellion
- Snap The Line Tight
- Somewhere Ahead
- Stonecutter
- Sweet Lorraine
- Sweet Thames Flow Softly
- Sweetgrass Moon
- The Boston Burglar
- The Flower Of Magherally
- The Kiss Saskatoon
- The Ones Who Made Home
- Tomorrow Is Another Day
- Turn Of The Wheel
- Whats For You
- Who Dies
- You Know Me
- Your Secret
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James Keelaghan - Snap The Line Tight
INTRO: C Em D (4x)
G D Em C
I've got a halibut boat, the opening is over
G Am C D
The fish just weren't biting, our catch is way down
C D Em C
We're salvagers now, there's logs that are waiting
G Am C D
We pull 'em off shore and we sell them in town
CHORUS:
C D
And we'll snap the line tight
C G
Haul them away
C D
Snap the line tight
Am D
She's rocking, she's free
C D
Snap the line tight
C G
Haul them away
C Em D
And slide 'em off into the sea
INTERLUDE: C Em D (2x)
G D Em C
How many thousands of acres of forest
G Am C D
Lie scattered and heaped by the wind and the tide
C D Em C
Well, the companies cut them and boomed them and lost them
G Am C D
And left them forever to rot where they lie
G D Em C
She's a six foot thick hemlock, half-sunken in sand
G Am C D
Gotta dig out a hole to pass the line through
C D Em C
Wrap her around and when she's tied and ready
G Am C D
Then stand clear away and signal the crew
CHORUS:
C D
To snap the line tight
C G
Haul them away
C D
Snap the line tight
Am D
She's rocking, she's free
C D
Snap the line tight
C G
Haul them away
C Em D
And slide 'em off into the sea
INTERLUDE: C Em D (2x)
G D Em C
It's thirty-six hours we've been without sleep
G Am C D
Gotta boom them by dawn if we're making this tide
C D Em C
It's a five hour haul with a Nor'wester blowing
G Am C D
And a starboard-side swell for a bloody rough ride
G D Em C
And our back deck's a mess of anchors and peaveys
G Am C D
All sliding and tangling in cables and chains
C D Em C
We're in the middle with chokers and pike-poles
G Am C D
To wrap the logs tight so they're not lost again
CHORUS:
C D
And we'll snap the line tight
C G
Haul them away
C D
Snap the line tight
Am D
She's rocking, she's free
C D
Snap the line tight
C G
Haul them away
C Em D
And slide 'em off into the sea
CHORUS:
C D
We'll snap the line tight
C G
Haul them away
C D
Snap the line tight
Am D
She's rocking, she's free
C D
Snap the line tight
C G
Haul them away
C Em D
And slide 'em off into the sea
CHORUS:
C D
We'll snap the line tight
C G
Haul them away
C D
Snap the line tight
Am D
She's rocking, she's free
C D
Snap the line tight
C G
Haul them away
C Em D
And slide 'em off into the sea
CHORUS: (## repeat and fade to end ##)
C D
We'll snap the line tight
C G
Haul them away
C D
Snap the line tight
Am D
She's rocking, she's free
C D
Snap the line tight
C G
Haul them away
C Em D
And slide 'em off into the sea
INTRO: C Em D (4x)
G D Em C
I've got a halibut boat, the opening is over
G Am C D
The fish just weren't biting, our catch is way down
C D Em C
We're salvagers now, there's logs that are waiting
G Am C D
We pull 'em off shore and we sell them in town
CHORUS:
C D
And we'll snap the line tight
C G
Haul them away
C D
Snap the line tight
Am D
She's rocking, she's free
C D
Snap the line tight
C G
Haul them away
C Em D
And slide 'em off into the sea
INTERLUDE: C Em D (2x)
G D Em C
How many thousands of acres of forest
G Am C D
Lie scattered and heaped by the wind and the tide
C D Em C
Well, the companies cut them and boomed them and lost them
G Am C D
And left them forever to rot where they lie
G D Em C
She's a six foot thick hemlock, half-sunken in sand
G Am C D
Gotta dig out a hole to pass the line through
C D Em C
Wrap her around and when she's tied and ready
G Am C D
Then stand clear away and signal the crew
CHORUS:
C D
To snap the line tight
C G
Haul them away
C D
Snap the line tight
Am D
She's rocking, she's free
C D
Snap the line tight
C G
Haul them away
C Em D
And slide 'em off into the sea
INTERLUDE: C Em D (2x)
G D Em C
It's thirty-six hours we've been without sleep
G Am C D
Gotta boom them by dawn if we're making this tide
C D Em C
It's a five hour haul with a Nor'wester blowing
G Am C D
And a starboard-side swell for a bloody rough ride
G D Em C
And our back deck's a mess of anchors and peaveys
G Am C D
All sliding and tangling in cables and chains
C D Em C
We're in the middle with chokers and pike-poles
G Am C D
To wrap the logs tight so they're not lost again
CHORUS:
C D
And we'll snap the line tight
C G
Haul them away
C D
Snap the line tight
Am D
She's rocking, she's free
C D
Snap the line tight
C G
Haul them away
C Em D
And slide 'em off into the sea
CHORUS:
C D
We'll snap the line tight
C G
Haul them away
C D
Snap the line tight
Am D
She's rocking, she's free
C D
Snap the line tight
C G
Haul them away
C Em D
And slide 'em off into the sea
CHORUS:
C D
We'll snap the line tight
C G
Haul them away
C D
Snap the line tight
Am D
She's rocking, she's free
C D
Snap the line tight
C G
Haul them away
C Em D
And slide 'em off into the sea
CHORUS: (## repeat and fade to end ##)
C D
We'll snap the line tight
C G
Haul them away
C D
Snap the line tight
Am D
She's rocking, she's free
C D
Snap the line tight
C G
Haul them away
C Em D
And slide 'em off into the sea
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