Snap The Line Tight

	  		Intro: C  Em  D  (4x) 

           G            D    Em         C 
I've got a halibut boat, the opening is over 
    G                 Am          C            D 
The fish just weren't biting, our catch is way down 
      C         D            Em            C 
We're salvagers now, there's logs that are waiting 
   G            Am           C            D 
We pull 'em off shore and we sell them in town 


 
          C             D 
And we'll snap the line tight 
C          G 
Haul them away 
C             D 
Snap the line tight 
      Am             D 
She's rocking, she's free 
C             D 
Snap the line tight 
C          G 
Haul them away 
    C             Em       D 
And slide 'em off into the sea 



INTERLUDE: C  Em  D  (2x) 


G        D            Em       C 
How many thousands of acres of forest 
    G             Am            C            D 
Lie scattered and heaped by the wind and the tide 
          C         D            Em              C 
Well, the companies cut them and boomed them and lost them 
    G            Am      C              D 
And left them forever to rot where they lie 


        G              D             Em        C 
She's a six foot thick hemlock, half-sunken in sand 
      G         Am      C             D 
Gotta dig out a hole to pass the line through 
C         D              Em             C 
Wrap her around and when she's tied and ready 
     G            Am      C          D 
Then stand clear away and signal the crew  



   C             D 
To snap the line tight 
C          G 
Haul them away 
C             D 
Snap the line tight 
      Am             D 
She's rocking, she's free 
C             D 
Snap the line tight 
C          G 
Haul them away 
    C             Em       D 
And slide 'em off into the sea 



INTERLUDE: C  Em  D  (2x) 


     G          D           Em           C 
It's thirty-six hours we've been without sleep 
      G            Am            C           D 
Gotta boom them by dawn if we're making this tide 
       C         D           Em         C 
It's a five hour haul with a Nor'wester blowing 
      G              Am          C            D 
And a starboard-side swell for a bloody rough ride 


        G             D       Em          C 
And our back deck's a mess of anchors and peaveys 
    G           Am          C          D 
All sliding and tangling in cables and chains 
C            D           Em          C 
We're in the middle with chokers and pike-poles 
   G             Am               C         D 
To wrap the logs tight so they're not lost again 


 
          C             D 
And we'll snap the line tight 
C          G 
Haul them away 
C             D 
Snap the line tight 
      Am             D 
She's rocking, she's free 
C             D 
Snap the line tight 
C          G 
Haul them away 
    C             Em       D 
And slide 'em off into the sea 


      C             D 
We'll snap the line tight 
C          G 
Haul them away 
C             D 
Snap the line tight 
      Am             D 
She's rocking, she's free 
C             D 
Snap the line tight 
C          G 
Haul them away 
    C             Em       D 
And slide 'em off into the sea 


      C             D 
We'll snap the line tight 
C          G 
Haul them away 
C             D 
Snap the line tight 
      Am             D 
She's rocking, she's free 
C             D 
Snap the line tight 
C          G 
Haul them away 
    C             Em       D 
And slide 'em off into the sea 


      C             D 
We'll snap the line tight 
C          G 
Haul them away 
C             D 
Snap the line tight 
      Am             D 
She's rocking, she's free 
C             D 
Snap the line tight 
C          G 
Haul them away 
    C             Em       D 
And slide 'em off into the sea