D
   We were bound home in October,
         A              D
from the shores of Labrador.
          G                 A
Trying to head a strong Nor'easter and
     D
snow too.
         D
But, the wind swept down up on us, 
        A               D
and the day was dark as night,
       G
just before we made
       A         D
the land at Baccalieu.

[Verse 2]
D
  Now  we tried to clear the island,
      A                   D
as we brought her further south.
         G
But, the wind from up
    A                 D
the Nor'east stronger blew.
                         D
Till our lookout soon he shouted, 
    A               D
and there lay dead ahead,
         G
though a snow squall,
           A             D
loomed the rocks at Baccalieu.

[Verse 3]
D
  But, it was hard down by the tiller,
      A                  D
as we struggled with the sheets,
           G                A            D
tryin' our best to haul 'em in a foot or two.
         D
Till our decks so sharply tilted,
         A               D
We could barely keep our feet,
      G
As we struggled,
       A             D
On the rocks at Baccalieu.

[Verse 4]
D
  Now the combers beat her under, and
   A                   D
I  thought she'd never rise, and
     G                 A               D
Her  main boom, it was bending nigh in two.
         D
With her lee rails two foot under,
      A              D
Three hands upon the wheel,
        G
Sure we hauled her,
         A             D
from the rocks at Baccalieu.

[Break]
(One verse instrumental with fiddle)

[Verse 5]
D
  To leeward was the island,
   A                D
To windward was the shore, and
     G
That blinding sleet could,
A                   D
cut you through and through.
         D
But, our hearts were beating gladly,
       A               D
for no longer could we gaze,
        G
down to leeward,
       A              D
at the rocks of  Baccalieu.
        G
Down to leeward,
       A             D
at the rocks of Baccalieu.
G        A                   D