C  G       Am
Take me back to my Western boat
       C        D        G
Let me fish off Cape St. Mary's
          C        G
Where the hogdowns sail
        Am        F
and the fog horns wail
        C           D              G
With my friends the Browns and the Clearys
       F                 G
Let me fish off Cape St. Mary's

[Verse 2]
       C  G    Am
Let me feel my dory lift
       C     D        G
To the broad Atlantic combers
          C         G
Where the tide rips swirl
        Am         F
and the wild ducks whirl
          C       D         G
Where Old Neptune calls the number
           F              G
'Neath the broad Atlantic combers

[Verse 3]
       C  G    Am
Let me sail up Golden Bay
        C        D     G
With my oilskins all a streamin'
         C       G
From the thunder squall
       Am        F
when I hauled me trawl
           C    D     G
And my old Cape Ann a gleamin'
        F              G
With my oilskins all a streamin'

[Verse 4]
       C  G      Am
Let me view that rugged shore
          C        D     G
Where the beach is all a-glisten
         C       G
With the caplin spawn
           Am      F
where from dusk to dawn
    C         D         G
You bait your trawl and listen
       F          G
To the undertow a-hissin'

[Verse 5]
       C   G      Am
When I reach that last big shoal
          C             D     G
Where the ground swells break asunder
          C          G
Where the wild sands roll
       Am      F
to the surge's toll
       C    D       G
Let me be a man and take it
        F             G
When my dory fails to make it

[Verse 6]
        C  G         Am
Take me back to that snug green cove
          C         D        G
Where the seas roll up their thunder
      C      G
There let me rest
       Am           F
in the earth's cool breast
          C           D         G
Where the stars shine out their wonder
        F                  G
And the seas roll up their thunder

[Verse 7]
        C  G       Am
Take me back to my Western boat,
       C        D        G
Let me fish off Cape St. Mary's
          C        G
Where the hogdowns sail
        Am        F
and the fog horns wail
        C           D              G
With my friends the Browns and the Clearys
       F                 G
Let me fish off Cape St. Mary's