Intro
N.C.
It's a long way Thunder House beckons us
N.C.
Lash down the gunnels and into the spray
[Verso 1]
D G D
The harbour lights fade as we slip through the sound
D Em A
The rack and the kelp are all dreams to me now
G D
And the bare shores of Orkney all this I will trade
D Em A
For the snow-covered shoreline of far Hudson Bay
[Verso 2]
D G D
For six months a year, free food and a bed
D Em A
We'll toil on the portage of the Bay's watershed
G D
And all this for the dandies in England who sport
D Em A
A beaver felt hat on their way to the court
[Refrão]
D G D
It's a long way Thunder House beckons us
G D Em A
Lash down the gunnels and into the spray
D G D
Oh what a day, the burning sun guiding us
G D A D
Hauling our packs for the run to the Bay
[Verso 3]
D G D
The Nor'Westers hold rain from la Chine to the lake
D Em A
So we must move inland to shore up our stay
G D
And if it's a fight boys we'll give it our all
D Em A
For no self righteous bayman would not heed the call
[Verso 4]
D G D
But the trade it was good and the skirmishes few
D Em A
With each company vying for the trade and the route
G D
And when it was over only one did succeed
D Em A
Was the fair boys of Orkney and the old HBC
[Refrão]
D G D
It's a long way Thunder House beckons us
G D Em A
Lash down the gunnels and into the spray
D G D
Oh what a day, the burning sun guiding us
G D A D
Hauling our packs for the run to the Bay
[Ponte]
Bm A
The river met rail, old ways are over
G D E A
The song of the paddle will soon drift away
Bm A
And all that is left are the stories and legends
G Bm Em A
Of the men and the land and their run to the Bay
[Refrão]
D G D
It's a long way Thunder House beckons us
G D Em A
Lash down the gunnels and into the spray
D G D
Oh what a day, the burning sun guiding us
G D A D
Hauling our packs for the run to the Bay
G D A D
Just a-hauling our packs for the run to the Ba
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