Wiscasset Schooners Chords & Lyrics - Gordon Bok

[INTRO]
[B] [G#m] [E] [F#] [E] [F#] [B]

[VERSE]
Do you remember riding [G#m]home before a [E]dying summer [F#]breeze
Your [E]tops'ls gleaming [F#]golden, setting [B]sun among the [F#]trees
And the [B]osprey wheeling [G#m]slowly through the [E]shadows by the [F#]shore
Where the [E]towering cliffs of [F#]granite plunge ten [B]fathoms deep or [F#]more
And the [E]eddies swirl and [F#]flow down be[B]low

[VERSE]
You were solid-built of [G#m]Douglas fir and [E]oak and yellow [F#]pine
Two [E]hundred feet, [F#]sailed by a crew that [B]numbered only [F#]nine
Hauling [B]lumber through your [G#m]timberports, and [E]dyewood from the [F#]south
[E]Running home from [F#]Norfolk, bearing [B]coal to heat the [F#]north
And what[E]ever they could [F#]stow down be[B]low

[CHORUS]
But the winter [F#]is u[B]pon you [E]now, and [C#m]time is passing [F#]slow
And the [C#m]tides ebb and [F#]flow down be[B]low

[VERSE]
You served them well for [G#m]fifteen years, your [E]canvas all un[F#]furled
When New [E]England sailing [F#]ships were found in [B]ports around the [F#]world
But [B]spars gave way to [G#m]smokestacks, clouds of [E]white to black and [F#]grey
There was [E]nothing left for [F#]you to do, but [B]waste your time a[F#]way
And the [E]rot was spreading [F#]slow, down be[B]low

[CHORUS]
But the winter [F#]is u[B]pon you [E]now, and [C#m]time is passing [F#]slow
And the [C#m]tides ebb and [F#]flow down be[B]low

[VERSE]
From Wiscasset to the [G#m]China Lakes, the [E]Narrow Gauge did [F#]run
And to [E]push it northward [F#]to Quebec was [B]old Frank Winter's [F#]plan
And the [B]schooners were to [G#m]bring his cargoes [E]in to meet the [F#]train
When he [E]found you idle [F#]by the dock, he [B]brought you down to [F#]Maine
Where the [E]tides ebb and [F#]flow down be[B]low

[VERSE]
You know he tried the best he [G#m]could, but he just [E]couldn't make it [F#]pay
So he [E]ran you both a[F#]ground, and turned a[B]round and walked a[F#]way
You've been [B]waiting here for [G#m]fifty years, but [E]no one set you [F#]free
Now you're [E]broken down and [F#]dying, lying [B]open to the [F#]sea
And the [E]tides ebb and [F#]flow down be[B]low

[CHORUS]
And the winter [F#]is u[B]pon you [E]now, and [C#m]time is passing [F#]slow
And the [C#m]tides ebb and [F#]flow down be[B]low

[VERSE]
Now the people come to [G#m]stare at you with [E]wonder in their [F#]eyes
For [E]times have changed since [F#]men knew how to [B]work a ship your [F#]size
And the [B]seas you sailed are [G#m]running black, in [E]time we'll know our [F#]loss
It's [E]too late now for [F#]you, but is it [B]too late now for [F#]us?
Can you [E]teach what you [F#]know before you [B]go?

[CHORUS]
For the winter [F#]is u[B]pon you [E]now, and [C#m]time is passing [F#]slow
And the [C#m]tides ebb and [F#]flow down be[B]low

[CHORUS]
For the winter [F#]is u[B]pon you [E]now, and [C#m]time is passing [F#]slow
And the [C#m]tides ebb and [F#]flow down be[B]low