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Tiny Fish For Japan by Stan Rogers
Tiny Fish For Japan
Standard tuning, no capo.
G Am D E
Where Patterson Creek's muddy waters run down
C G Am D
Past the penny arcades, by the harbour downtown,
E Am D E
All the old Turtlebacks rust in the rain
C D G
Like they never will leave there again.
G Am D E
But leave there they will in the hours before dawn,
C G Am D
Slip out in the darkness without word or song;
E Am D E
For a few more years yet they will work while they can
C D G
To catch tiny fish for Japan.
D D C G
No white fish or trout here, we leave them alone.
C G Am D
The inspectors raise hell if we take any home.
D D C G
What kind of fisherman can't eat his catch
E D4? D
Or call what he's taken his own?
G Am D E
But the plant works three shifts now. There's plenty of pay.
C G Am D
We ship seventeen tons of this garbage each day.
E Am D E
If we want to eat fish, then we'll open a can,
C D G
And catch tiny fish for Japan.
D D C G
In the Norfolk Hotel over far too much beer,
C G Am D
The old guys remember when the water ran clear.
D D C G
No poisons with names that we can't understand
E D4? D
And no tiny fish for Japan...
G Am D E
So the days run together. Each one is the same.
C G Am D
And it's good that the smelt have no lovelier name.
E Am D E
It's all just a job now, we'll work while we can,
C D G
To catch tiny fish for Japan.
C D G
And we'll catch tiny fish for Japan.
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version 2
These are the chords I use when playing this song;
G Am D Em7 Cadd9 D4
E String - 3 0 2 3 3 3
B String - 3 1 3 3 3 3
G String - 0 2 2 0 0 2
D String - 0 2 0 2 2 0
A String - 2 0 0 2 3 0
E String - 3 0 X 0 0 X
Let me know if it needs correction!
G Am D Em7
Where Patterson Creek's muddy waters run down
Cadd9 G Am D
Past the penny arcades, by the harbour downtown,
Em7 Am D Em7
All the old Turtlebacks rust in the rain
Cadd9 D G
Like they never will leave there again.
G Am D Em7
But leave there they will in the hours before dawn,
Cadd9 G Am D
Slip out in the darkness without word or song;
Em7 Am D Em7
For a few more years yet they will work while they can
Cadd9 D G
To catch tiny fish for Japan.
D D Cadd9 G
No white fish or trout here, we leave them alone.
Cadd9 G Am D
The inspectors raise hell if we take any home.
D D Cadd9 G
What kind of fisherman can't eat his catch
Em7 D4 D
Or call what he's taken his own?
G Am D Em7
But the plant works three shifts now. There's plenty of pay.
Cadd9 G Am D
We ship seventeen tons of this garbage each day.
Em7 Am D Em7
If we want to eat fish, then we'll open a can,
Cadd9 D G
And catch tiny fish for Japan.
D D Cadd9 G
In the Norfolk Hotel there's far too much beer,
Cadd9 G Am D
The old guys remember when the water ran clear.
D D Cadd9 G
No poisons with names that we can't understand
Em7 D4 D
And no tiny fish for Japan...
G Am D Em7
So the days run together. Each one is the same.
Cadd9 G Am D
And it's good that the smelt have no lovelier name.
Em7 Am D Em7
It's all just a job now, we'll work while we can,
Cadd9 D G
To catch tiny fish for Japan.
Cadd9 D G
And we'll catch tiny fish for Japan
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