G C G Em
As I walked by the dockside one evening so rare
G C G D
To view the still waters and take the salt air
C G
I heard an old fisherman singing this song
G C G D
Oh take me away boys, my time is not long
[Chorus 1]
G D G
Dress me up in my oilskins and jumper
C G D
No more on the docks I'll be seen
C
Just tell my old ship-mates
G
I'm taking a trip, mates
D G G C G
And I'll see you someday in Fiddler's Green
[Verse 2]
G C G Em
Oh Fiddler's Green is a place I've heard tell
G C G D
Where the fishermen go if they don't go to Hell
C G
Where the weather is fair and the dolphins do play
G C G D
And the cold coast of Greenland is far, far away
[Chorus 2]
G D G
Dress me up in my oilskins and jumper
C G D
No more on the docks I'll be seen
C
Just tell my old ship-mates
G
I'm taking a trip, mates
D G G C G
And I'll see you someday in Fiddler's Green
[Verse 3]
G C G Em
Where the sky's always clear and there's never a gale
G C G D
Where the fish jump on board with a swish of their tail
C G
Where you lie at your leisure, there's no work to do
G C G D
And the skipper's below making tea for the crew
[Chorus 3]
G D G
Dress me up in my oilskins and jumper
C G D
No more on the docks I'll be seen
C
Just tell my old ship-mates
G
I'm taking a trip, mates
D G G C G
And I'll see you someday in Fiddler's Green
[Verse 4]
G C G Em
When you get back in dock and the long trip is through
G C G D
There's pubs and there's clubs and there's lasses there too
C G
Where the girls are all pretty and the beer is all free
G C G D
And there's bottles of rum growing from every tree
[Chorus 4]
G D G
Dress me up in my oilskins and jumper
C G D
No more on the docks I'll be seen
C
Just tell my old ship-mates
G
I'm taking a trip, mates
D G G C G
And I'll see you someday in Fiddler's Green
[Verse 5]
G C G Em
Oh I don't want a harp nor a halo, not me
G C G D
Just give me a breeze and a good rolling sea
C G
And I'll play my old squeezebox as we sail along
G C G D
With the wind in the rigging to sing me the song
[Chorus 5]
G D G
Dress me up in my oilskins and jumper
C G D
No more on the docks I'll be seen
C
Just tell my old ship-mates
G
I'm taking a trip, mates
D G G C G
And I'll see you someday in Fiddler's Green