Fisherman's Blues (FUO Book 2) [C] - The Waterboys [Intro] [G] [F] [Am] [C] x2 [Verse 1] I [G] wish I was a fisherman, [F] tumbling on the seas [Am] Far away from dry land, and its [C] bitter memories [G] Casting out my sweet line with a-[F]-bandonment and love [Am] No ceiling bearing down on me, save the [C] starry sky above [Chorus] With light in my [G] head, you in my [F] arms, [Am] woo [G] [F] [Am] [C] [Verse 2] I [G] wish I was the brakeman, on a [F] hurtling fevered train Crashing [Am] headlong into the heartland, like a [C] cannon in the rain With the [G] beating of the sleepers, and the [F] burning of the coal Count-[Am]-ing the towns flashing by, in a [C] night that's full of soul [Chorus] With light in my [G] head, you in my [F] arms, [Am] woo [G] [F] [Am] [C] [Verse 3 - single strums] I know [G*] I will be loosened, from the [F*] bonds that hold me fast that the [Am*] chains all hung around me [C*] will fall away at last And on that [G*] fine and fateful day I will [F*] take thee in my hands I will [Am*] ride on the train, and I will [C*] be the fisherman [Chorus - resume strum pattern] With light in my [G] head, you in my [F] arms, [Am] woo [G] [F] [Am] [C] [Verse 4] I [G] wish I was a fisherman, [F] tumbling on the seas [Am] Far away from dry land, and its [C] bitter memories [G] Casting you my sweet line with a-[F]-bandonment and love [Am] No ceiling bearing down on me, save the [C] starry sky above [Instrumental] [G] [F] [Am] [C] [Outro] With light in my [G] head, you in my [F] arms. x2 [G] [F] [Am] [C*]