Biography:
The Waterboys is a British celtic band formed in 1983 by Scottish musician Mike Scott. Their songs, largely written by Scott, often contain literary references and are frequently concerned with spirituality. Both the group and its members' solo careers have received much praise from both rock and folk music critics, but The Waterboys as a band has never received the commercial success that some of its members (such as Ian McNabb, leader of The Icicle Works; Trevor Hutchinson, a founding member of Lúnasa; etc) have had independently.
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Other songs:
- Fisherman's Blues
- Fishermans Blues
- The Whole Of The Moon
- A Girl Called Johnny
- A Man Is In Love
- A Pagan Place
- And A Bang On The Ear
- Destinies Entwined
- Didnt We Walk On Water
- Do We Choose Who We Love
- Dont Bang The Drum
- Epiphany On Mott Street
- Everybody Takes A Tumble
- Glastonbury Song
- Has Anybody Here Seen Hank
- Higher In Time
- How Long Will I Love You
- I Can See Elvis
- If I Was Your Boyfriend
- If The Answer Is Yeah
- Kinkys History Lesson
- Long Strange Golden Road
- Love Walks In
- Mad As The Mist And Snow
- Man What A Woman
- Medicine Bow
- Mister Charisma
- Morning Came Too Soon
- Nashville Tennessee
- Nearest Thing To Hip
- New York I Love You
- November Tale
- Payo Payo Chin
- Peace Of Iona
- Politics
- Raggle Taggle Gypsy
- Rags
- Rare Precious And Gone
- Rosalind You Married The Wrong Guy
- Sante Fe
- September 1913
- She Is So Beautiful
- She Tried To Hold Me
- Spring Comes To Spiddal
- Still A Freak
- Strange Boat
- Suffer
- Sweet Dancer
- The Big Music
- The Connemara Fox
- The Crash Of Angels Wings
- The Girl In The Window Chair
- The Hammerhead Bar
- The Lake Isle Of Innisfree
- The Pan Within
- The Return Of Pan
- Too Close To Heaven
- What Do You Want Me To Do
- When Will We Be Married?
- When Ye Go Away
- White Birds
- Whole Of The Moon
- You In The Sky
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FISHERMANS BLUES - The Waterboys
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Tabbed by: Leon Bamford
E-mail: [email protected]
Tuning: G,D,A,E (Mandolin tuning)
* Note * This is the tabulature for the mandolin parts, to be played on a mandolin.
As this is mainly played on the top two strings, you can play it on the guitar by tuning the B string to A.
Intro:
G (Tremolo pick) F
||-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---8----7---|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---5----7---|
||-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---7----5---|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---3----5---|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Am
C
|-8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---10---10---|-8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---8----8---|
|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---7----7----|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---7----7---|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G F
|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----8----7---|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---5----7---|
|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----7----5---|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---3----5---|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Am C
|-8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--8--8--8--8-|--------------------------------||
|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--7--7--7--7-|-3-2-3-5-3-2-----3-2-3-5-3-2----||
|---------------------------------|-------------5---------------5--||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
Verse 1:
1. I Wish I was a Fisherman... Tumblin' on the seas.
2. Casting out my sweet line.... With abandonment and love.
G (Rake) F (Rake)
||-3----^-------------------------|-1----^-------------------------|
||-2---^--------------------------|-0---^--------------------------|
||-0--^---------------------------|-3--^---------------------------|
||-0-^----------------------------|-5-^----------------------------|
1. Far away from dry land... And it's bitter memories
2. No ceiling bearin' down on me... 'Cept the starry sky above.
Am (Rake) C (Rake)
|-0----^-------------------------|-0----^-------------------------||
|-0---^--------------------------|-3---^--------------------------||
|-2--^---------------------------|-2--^---------------------------||
|-5-^----------------------------|-0-^----------------------------||
Chorus:
With light in my head... You in my arms... Woohoo!
G (Tremolo) F Am
||-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---8----7---|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---5----7---|-8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---8----8---||
||-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---7----5---|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---3----5---|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---7----7---||
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
Fiddle Solo:
G F
||-3---3-------3-------3----5-3--|-1-0-1-3-1-0-----1-0-1-3-1-0----|
||-2---2---2---2---2---2----2-2--|-0-----------3---0-----------3--|
||-0-------0-------0-------------|-3-----------x---3-----------x--|
||-0-------0-------0-------------|-5-----------5---5-----------5--|
Am C
|-0---0-------0-------0----------|-0---0-------0-------0----------|
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---2------|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|
|-2-------2-------2-------0------|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|
|-5-------5-------5-------5------|-0-------0-------0-------0------|
G F
|-3---3-------3-------3----5-3---|-1-0-1-3-1-0-----1-0-1-3-1-0----|
|-2---2---2---2---2---2----2-2---|-0-----------3---0-----------3--|
|-0-------0-------0--------------|-3-----------x---3-----------x--|
|-0-------0-------0--------------|-5-----------5---5-----------5--|
Am C
|-0---0-------0-------0----------|-0------------------------------||
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---2------|-3-2-3-5-3-2-----3-2-3-5-3-2----||
|-2-------2-------2-------0------|-x-----------5---------------5--||
|-5-------5-------5-------5------|-0------------------------------||
Verse 2:
G
I wish I was the brakeman
F
On a hurtlin' fevered train
Am
Crashing a-headlong into the heartland
C
Like a cannon in the rain
G
With the beating of the sleepers
F
And the burnin' of the coal
Am
Counting the towns flashing by
C
In a night that's full of soul
Chorus:
Fiddle Solo: x2
Verse 3:
G
Well I know I will be loosened
F
From bonds that hold me fast
Am
That the chains all hung around me
C
Will fall away at last
G
And on that fine and fateful day
F
I will take thee in my arms
Am
I will ride on the train
C
I will be the fisherman
Chorus: Repeat to end
FISHERMANS BLUES - The Waterboys
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by: Leon Bamford
E-mail: [email protected]
Tuning: G,D,A,E (Mandolin tuning)
* Note * This is the tabulature for the mandolin parts, to be played on a mandolin.
As this is mainly played on the top two strings, you can play it on the guitar by tuning the B string to A.
Intro:
G (Tremolo pick) F
||-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---8----7---|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---5----7---|
||-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---7----5---|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---3----5---|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Am
C
|-8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---10---10---|-8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---8----8---|
|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---7----7----|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---7----7---|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G F
|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----8----7---|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---5----7---|
|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----7----5---|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---3----5---|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Am C
|-8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--8--8--8--8-|--------------------------------||
|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--7--7--7--7-|-3-2-3-5-3-2-----3-2-3-5-3-2----||
|---------------------------------|-------------5---------------5--||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
Verse 1:
1. I Wish I was a Fisherman... Tumblin' on the seas.
2. Casting out my sweet line.... With abandonment and love.
G (Rake) F (Rake)
||-3----^-------------------------|-1----^-------------------------|
||-2---^--------------------------|-0---^--------------------------|
||-0--^---------------------------|-3--^---------------------------|
||-0-^----------------------------|-5-^----------------------------|
1. Far away from dry land... And it's bitter memories
2. No ceiling bearin' down on me... 'Cept the starry sky above.
Am (Rake) C (Rake)
|-0----^-------------------------|-0----^-------------------------||
|-0---^--------------------------|-3---^--------------------------||
|-2--^---------------------------|-2--^---------------------------||
|-5-^----------------------------|-0-^----------------------------||
Chorus:
With light in my head... You in my arms... Woohoo!
G (Tremolo) F Am
||-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---8----7---|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---5----7---|-8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---8----8---||
||-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---7----5---|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---3----5---|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---7----7---||
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
Fiddle Solo:
G F
||-3---3-------3-------3----5-3--|-1-0-1-3-1-0-----1-0-1-3-1-0----|
||-2---2---2---2---2---2----2-2--|-0-----------3---0-----------3--|
||-0-------0-------0-------------|-3-----------x---3-----------x--|
||-0-------0-------0-------------|-5-----------5---5-----------5--|
Am C
|-0---0-------0-------0----------|-0---0-------0-------0----------|
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---2------|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|
|-2-------2-------2-------0------|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|
|-5-------5-------5-------5------|-0-------0-------0-------0------|
G F
|-3---3-------3-------3----5-3---|-1-0-1-3-1-0-----1-0-1-3-1-0----|
|-2---2---2---2---2---2----2-2---|-0-----------3---0-----------3--|
|-0-------0-------0--------------|-3-----------x---3-----------x--|
|-0-------0-------0--------------|-5-----------5---5-----------5--|
Am C
|-0---0-------0-------0----------|-0------------------------------||
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---2------|-3-2-3-5-3-2-----3-2-3-5-3-2----||
|-2-------2-------2-------0------|-x-----------5---------------5--||
|-5-------5-------5-------5------|-0------------------------------||
Verse 2:
G
I wish I was the brakeman
F
On a hurtlin' fevered train
Am
Crashing a-headlong into the heartland
C
Like a cannon in the rain
G
With the beating of the sleepers
F
And the burnin' of the coal
Am
Counting the towns flashing by
C
In a night that's full of soul
Chorus:
Fiddle Solo: x2
Verse 3:
G
Well I know I will be loosened
F
From bonds that hold me fast
Am
That the chains all hung around me
C
Will fall away at last
G
And on that fine and fateful day
F
I will take thee in my arms
Am
I will ride on the train
C
I will be the fisherman
Chorus: Repeat to end
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