The Net Chords & Lyrics - Gordon Bok

[INTRO]
[A]

[VERSE]
My wings were blue in the [D]ocean [A]green
The prettiest thing you've [D]ever [A]seen
The [E7]gurnet said to the [A]catfish
Rose were my legs and [D]rose my [A]sides
And who would have thought as I [D]roved the [A]tide
Where the [Bm]red crab watched me scuttle and glide
I would [D]come to dance in a [A]net?

[VERSE]
The fisherman stands by the [D]water and [A]chuckles
Clams are his ears and [D]limpets his [A]knuckles
The [E7]gurnet said to the [A]catfish
The beard of a mussel [D]droops from his [A]chin
The scales of a mackerel [D]cling to his [A]skin
And his [Bm]eyes roll out and his eyes roll in
As he [D]watches us dance in the [A]net

[VERSE]
His eyes are hard as [D]berries of [A]kelp
But sweet is his daughter who [D]comes to [A]help
The [E7]gurnet said to the [A]catfish
They take the ropes in their [D]lean brown [A]hands
And haul us out on the [D]shine of the [A]sands
And the [Bm]girl she laughs as the fisherman stands
And [D]watches us dance in the [A]net

[BRIDGE]
[A] [A7] [D] [D7] [G]

[VERSE]
Let her [C]hang up her clothes on a [F]gooseberry [C]bush
Where the waves say 'crush' and the [F]foam says '[C]hush'
The [G7]gurnet said to the [C]catfish
The surf is red with [F]struggle and [C]slaughter
But somewhere on earth or in [F]sky or in [C]water
The [Dm]scaly man and his long-legged daughter
Will [F]come to dance in a [C]net

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[C] [Dm] [G]

[VERSE]
The [C]fishes dance to the [F]fisherman's [C]tune
The waters run to the [F]pull of the [C]moon
And the [G7]gurnet said to the [C]catfish
The air and the sand at the [F]edge of the [C]tide
The fisherman's daughter, [F]dancing in [C]pride
With her [Dm]rosy legs and her rosy side
Is [F]less than a fish in the [C]net

[BRIDGE]
[C] [G] [Am] [A7]

[VERSE]
For [D]somewhere, glaring in [G]wastes of [D]space
There's a terrible eye in an [G]empty [D]face
The [A7]gurnet said to the [D]catfish
And round and round in the [G]spell of that [D]stare
Flashing and slashing and [G]biting the [D]snare
Go [Em]all the glittering shoals of the air
[G]Dancing like fish in the [D]net

[VERSE]
So somebody sits in [G]space and [D]chuckles
With hair like a comet and [G]stars for [D]knuckles
The [A7]gurnet said to the [D]catfish
And glimmer of side and [G]swirl of [D]fin
His arms are huge as he [G]hauls them [D]in
And his [Em]teeth are sharks in a mile wide grin
As he [G]watches them dance in the [D]net

[BRIDGE]
[D] [D7] [G]

[VERSE]
[C]There I'm going and [F]there go [C]you
I with my wings of [F]butterfly [C]blue
The [G7]gurnet said to the [C]catfish
The moon comes by and he [F]swallows it [C]whole
And there is the girl with [F]wings on her [C]soul
And [Dm]now it's the fisher, and the great eyes roll
As he [F]watches them dance in the [C]net