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RE RE- LA MI RE RE- LA MI
MI
It's Maine and it's Autumn
FA#m SI
The Birches have just begun turning
MI
It's life and it's dying
FA#m SI
The lobsterman's boats come returning
DO#m LA
With the catch of the day in their holds
MI FA#m SI
And the young boys cold and complaining
LA
The fog meets the beaches
And out on the Reach it is raining. D D- A E ... D D- A E
MI
It's father and son
FA#m SI
It's the way it's been done since the old days
MI
It's hauling by hand ten miles out from the land
FA#m SI
Where their chow waits
DO#m LA
And the days are all lonley and long
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And the seas grow so stormy and strong, but...
MI
The Reach will sing welcome
as homeward they hurry along
CHORUS
MI
And the morning will blow away
LA
As the waves crash and fall
MI
And The Reach like a siren sings
FA#m LA
As she beckons and calls
MI
As the coastline recedes from view
LA
And the seas swell and grow
MI
I will take from The Reach
FA#m LA
All the she has to teach
SI MI
To the depths of my soul
MI
The wind brings a chill
FA#m SI
There's a frost on the sill in the morning
MI
It creeps through the door
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And out on the shore, ice is forming
DO#m LA
Soon the Northers will bluster and blow
MI FA#m SI
And the woods will be whitened with snowfall
MI
And The Reach will lie frozen
For the lost and unchosen to row.
CHORUS
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