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Portland Harbor by John Fitzsimmons
Portland Harbor
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:A
Capo:2nd fret
[Verse 1]
G C G
The sun lifts slow over Mackworth’s Island.
G Am D
Another night on the Old Port Road
G C G Em
Drinking whiskey with an old mate’s lady,
G D G
Both of us too tired to be alone.
G Am D G
A buddy’s wife is sacred scripture,
G C C/B Am D
But the sea is wide and the trip is long.
G C G Em
He jumped ship in some Asian harbor.
G C G
Now nothing’s right when everything is wrong.
[Chorus]
C C/B G
For Love is the fickle daughter
C C/B Am D
Of a raging Furey from the edge of time.
G C G Em
She comes and goes like eastern waters.
G C G
Love will always make you change your mind.
[Verse 2]
G C G
My wife took off with a land-locked farmer;
G Am D
She took my kid and that old dog, too.
G C G Em
They live up north in Aroostook County:
G D G
Potatoes is all her new guy knows to do;
G Am D G
But he comes home most every evening,
G C C/B Am D
He comes to bed most every night,
G C G Em
He don’t dream of distant shorelines,
G C G
Probably never lost a girl or won a fight.
[Chorus]
C C/B G
For Love is the fickle daughter
C C/B Am D
Of a raging Furey from the edge of time.
G C G Em
She comes and goes like eastern waters.
G C G
Love will always make you change your mind.
[Verse 3]
G C G
Next ebb tide, I’m back on water,
G Am D
Loading coal up Richard’s Bay.
G C G Em
I might be back, please tell my daughter,
G D G
Late April or maybe early May;
G Am D G
Then I think I’ll tramp on a stinking oiler,
G C C/B Am D
Go anywhere’s old sailors go;
G C G Em
I might come back to Portland Harbor:
G C G
Maybe, but I guess I never know.
[Chorus]
C C/B G
For Love is the fickle daughter
C C/B Am D
Of a raging Furey from the edge of time.
G C G Em
She comes and goes like eastern waters.
G C G
Yeah, Love will always make you change your mind.
G C G
Yes, Love will always make you change your mind.
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