The winter months left us the snowfall
a black spring brought forth the rain
the summer days were long and dusty
by the fall your mind was made

and I recall we were lovers
they’ll always be the good old days
the world back then was something simple
D Bm E A~
we laughed and danced and found embrace

E~ A D
but people change like seasons do
this life we live is an open door
that was the fate of me and you
may you find what you’re looking for

I never meant to hold you down
I’ve only found the words to say
it’s plain to see that you were restless
D Bm E A~
I’m glad I stepped out of the way

E~ A D
I’ll never know these endless season
I only see the way things are
we can only go on living
all the answers are written in the stars

we can only go on loving
all the answers lie written in the stars
I’ll never know these endless season
all the answers lie written in the stars

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PS

I’d love to hear from any other Rankin fans.

Title: North Country(Jimmy Rankin-EMI CANADA)
The Rankin Family
Transcribed by Richard W. Cyr(rcyr@uoguelph.ca)

North Country Rankin Family
[Capo- fret 3]

I’m heading back to the North Country
With the cold wind in my eyes
I’ll be there by sunset
Before the first snow flies – [C,D]

Chorus 1: Rustle the leaves on the ground
This crazy feelin’ hangin’ round – [C,G]
I’ll be remember now and then
But don’t ask when I’ll be back again – -

Had this dream late one night
‘Bout working with the gang at the Mull River drive
Danny, me and Freddy Wright making a dollar a day
Just to stay alive. – [C,G]

Chorus 2: Rustle the leaves on the ground
Cold hard rain comin down – [C,G]
Sleeping there on the dark damp earth
For what it’s worth, no reason can be found-
No, it can’t be found

So if you’re passing through the North Country
With the sunset in your eyes
You may find me on the rocky shore
Of that lonely Isle. – [C,G]

Chorus 2

I’m heading back to the North Country
With the cold wind in my eyes
I’ll be there by sunset
Before the first snow flies – [C,G]

Chorus 1
Chorus 2
….I’ll be back again

~Capo on 1st fret
Chords: &
..simple song 🙂

I’ve been rambling ‘round

For such a long, long time

Somewhere in between

I kinda lost my mind

Now I’m movin’ on

I’m going, going gone

Movin’ on like the man said in the song

I’m a rolling stone… I’m movin’ on

Wake up all alone

Deep in a hotel night

While away the hours

Till you finally see the light

Then I’m movin’ on

I’m going, going gone

Movin’ on like the man said in the song

I’m a rolling stone… I’m movin’ on

Cigarettes and coffee

Won’t keep a man alive

I’m thinking of my true love

In some smoky dive

I’m movin’ on

Going, going gone

Movin’ on like the man said in the song

I’m a rolling stone… I’m movin’ on

Don’t look over your shoulder

The sun sets at your back

By this time tomorrow

We’ll be smokin’ on down the track

Now I’m movin’ on

Going, going, gone

Movin’ on like the man said in the song

I’m a rolling stone… I’m movin’ on

I’ve been rambling ‘round

For such a long, long time

Somewhere in between

I kinda lost my mind

Now I’m movin’ on

I’m going, going, gone

Movin’ on

I’m going, going, gone

Movin’ on like the man said in the song

I’m a rolling stone, I’m movin’ on

I’m a rolling stone, I’m movin’ on

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Enjoy! 🙂
-Heather D.

Tramp Miner

Bar Chart (with Chords)
recorded in the key of F, so Capo on fret 5

C F C F C F G intro

C Am verse


C chorus


EmAm G F C C bridge

ORDER : verse 1, verse 2, chorus, bridge, verse 3, chorus, chorus, fade

I am a tramp miner, I’ve been for some time now
I live without light of the day
In the black underground that’s where I’ll be found
Biding my time away, Oh working my life away

>From here out to Timmins, I’ve loved all your women
In the taverns I drank down my pay
But I’d do it again even though it’s a sin
For it’s better than driving the raise
If you’ve done it you’d know what I say

Chorus
So I’ll roll, roll with the wind
Roll, roll with the wind
Roll, roll with the time and the wind
Then I’ll find my way back home again

Bridge
Homesickness, heartbreak
And black lung among these men run rampant
As there rockin’ and rollin’
High ballin’ this country today

I am a tramp miner, I’ve been for some time now
I live without light of the day
In a hole in the ground, they’ll lower me down
That’ll be my final pay, for working my life away

repeat Chorus

verse G C G

[-]
[-]

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CHORUS D Em C G

[-]
[-]

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I think of you all the time
I’ll pay for all my sins, the heartache begins
I can’t free you from my mind it seems so these days
I’ve tried every way

You have drifted so far from me
The winds of change have swept you away
Night and day it seems like eternity
Borders and time have kept you from me

Blue are the ocean waters
Along a lover’s shoreline
You will not be forgotten
But now that you’ve gone
The heartache lives on

A warm breeze blows over a gentle sea
The summer is near, the heartache is here
The fiddler plays an old time melody
The tune is the same
Change the faces and names

Repeat Chorus

Date: Sat, 1 Nov 1997 15:52:26 -0400 GMT
From: RONALD A MACLELLAN
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: Song saved as ASCII Text

Fisherman’s Son
Written by Jimmy Rankin
CD – The Rankin Family, Fare Thee Well Love, Capital, EMI
Copyright Co’ Bhan Music Company Limited – SOCAN
Submitted by: Ron A. MacLellan
e-mail: ramaclellan@imail.nsac.ns.ca

Capo 4th Fret G D G
use a G with three fingers not with four

I’m a fisherman’s son got fisherman’s ways
I fished with my father in my young days
I learned the fine craft of the fisherman’s trade
Just to pass to my son so he’ll do the same

The sea is my lifeline the shore is my home
I’ve been to your cities I didn’t stay long
I stared at the bright lights the dark city ways
I’ll tell you that’s not for me, no I didn’t stay

Chorus: F C C/G G D G
Singing La La La La La La, La La La La La La La

Some days are rough so we roll with the waves
This living is tough, slack is the pay
But we leave with the sunrise, we wake at the dawn
Singing the fisherman’s song

Chorus

I’m a fisherman’s son got fisherman’s blood
Just hauling the lobster, jigging the cod
And if you don’t like me then leave me alone
And I’ll go on singing my fisherman’s song

Chorus (twice)

I’m a fisherman’s son got fisherman’s ways
I fished with my father in my young days
I learned the fine craft of the fisherman’s trade
Just to pass to my son so he’ll do the same

Chorus (twice with no music)
Chorus (twice with music)

La La La La La La La
La La La La La La La
La La La La La La La

end G Gadd9 G Gadd9 G

Song Name: Gillis Mountain
Performer: Rankin Family
Author: Raylene Rankin
Submitted by: Gary Burke (gary.burke@compaq.com)
Album: Fare Thee Well love
Notes: I am not 100 percent sure of the Em/B in the third line.
I am sure of the B bass note, and the chord sounds alright,
But I would be willing to try other chords anyone cares to suggest.

I took a trip up Gillis Mountain
On a sunny summer day
There were ruts in the [Em/B]road and the four wheel drive
Spun its wheels in the rocks and the clay
Yes it spun its wheels in the rocks and the clay.

On our way up Gillis Mountain
On that sunny summer day
There were spruce trees growing on the fields
Where fore-fathers once made hay
Where our fore-fathers once made hay.

Chorus:

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And oh – oh – oh Gillis Mountain
Oh – oh – oh Where fore-fathers once made hay.

The Gillis lived on the mountain
For about a hundred years
Where we pick berries they cleared land
Spent their blood and sweat and tears
They spent their blood and sweat and tears.

Chorus:

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And oh – oh – oh Gillis Mountain

C D Em C D G (hold for 6 beats then E7 for 2)
Oh – oh – oh Spent their blood and sweat and tears.

When we arrived on Gillis Mountain
You could see for miles in the light
The whitecaps [F#m/C#]on a sea of blue
Sparkled like diamonds in the night
They sparkled like diamonds in the night.

Chorus:

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And oh – oh – oh Gillis Mountain
Oh – oh – oh Sparkled like diamonds in the night }Repeat chorus, then

La la la la la la la la la la )repeat 3 times then sing acapella
Sparkled like diamonds in the night