(Capo on third fret)


Intro:

Am
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Am                               D
We're taking on water, diesel and stores 
G                           C
Laying up awhile before I'm back on board 
Am
They're patching her up 
               D              G
To go fishing again, fishing again
Am                            D                   
They're welding her rudder scrubbing her keel 
G                       C
Scars on her belly need time to heal 
       Am
In the dock 
             B
With the trawlermen 
   Am                          D
I know all the people, there's nobody new 
G                               C
Soon we'll be leaving with the same old crew 
        Am                       D        G 
On the green water the tumbling sea 
 Am                          D
They ain't running like the good old days 
G                             C
Time's just slipping Down the old slipways 
        Am          B
In the dock so dear to me 

[Chorus]
   Am        D     G        Em     
Dark is the night, I need a guiding light 
        G           Em
To keep me from foundering 
          D
On the rocks 
  Am    D      G          Em     
My only prayer is just to see you there 
       G            D
At the end of my wandering 
            G            G7
Back in the dock 

[Instrumental bridge] 
C  Am D Bm F Em B B7 Em 

  Am                                D
I could use a layoff, getting my strength back 
        G                            C
But there's a loan to pay off  and a few skipjack 
           Am
So it's a turnaround 
                     D      G
Back in the southerly wind 
 Am                         D
Pirates coming in to steal our gold 
     G                               C
You can count yourself lucky with a profit in the hold 
       Am            B
In the dock when we come in 


   Am        D     G        Em     
Dark is the night, I need a guiding light 
        G           Em
To keep me from foundering 
          D
On the rocks 
  Am    D      G          Em     
My only prayer is just to see you there 
       G            D
At the end of my wandering 
            G            G7
Back in the dock 

Song ends:
C Am D Bm F Em B B7 Em G C Am D Bm F Em B B7 C B7 Em G . . .

Final guitar solo:    

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h= hammer on or pull off
b= bend
r= release bend
/= slide