Tom: F#
F# B
The mud in my fingers had dried to a crust
F# B
Sleep in my eyes, I pick my rust
F# B
My boots have been ravaged in browns and grays, I've
G#m B
Seen no scales and I've, seen no pay
F# B
But still I trudge to the spotless stream
F# B
Not a bird in the sky or a fish in the sea
F# B
To dwell in these waters is a foolish way
G#m B
To believe one night, I'll win the day
[Chorus]
F# B
Rise and shine, to dawn I wake
F# B
To cast my net in a fishless lake
F# B
Rise and shine, to dawn I wake
G#m B
Casting my net in a fishless lake
[Post-Chorus]
F#
Each day like a retake
B
Fisherman inside a sweepstake
F#
Each day like a retake
B
Fisherman inside a sweepstake
F#
Each day like a retake
B
Fisherman inside a sweepstake
G#m
Each day like a retake
B
Fisherman inside a sweepstake
[Verse 2]
F# B
I sailed down stream to see what had I
F# B
Pulled my boat along the land I
F# B
Swam the dirt, and walked the stream and
G#m B
Off the shore, I saw a bream and
F# B
Tuna too, and salmon roe
F# B
Do my eyes deceive, but my net had broke
F# B
I told my tale to a merchant man
G#m B
He pittied me a dollar, and gave me his hand, he said
[Chorus]
F# B
Rise and shine, to dawn I wake
F# B
To cast my net in a fishless lake
F# B
Rise and shine, to dawn I wake
G#m B
Casting my net in a fishless lake
[Post-Chorus]
F#
Each day like a retake
B
Fisherman inside a sweepstake
F#
Each day like a retake
B
Fisherman inside a sweepstake
F#
Each day like a retake
B
Fisherman inside a sweepstake
G#m
Each day like a retake
B
Fisherman inside a sweepstake
[Chorus]
F# B
Rise and shine, to dawn I wake
F# B
To cast my net in a fishless lake
F# B
Rise and shine, to dawn I wake
G#m B
Casting my net in a fishless lake
[Instrumental]
F# B F# B F# B G#m B
(As verse chords repeated to fade out)
