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Take It From Day To Day

Stan Rogers
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D-DU-UDU
Well,  it's not the hours  of watch-on-watch,
And  it's not the work  that I mind  so much,
 Or the long  cold miles from my lover's  touch,
 'Though for sure  she's far  away.
 No stranger, I,  to the touch  of steel,
 Or the honest  fear  any man  can feel,
 But I long  for dust under  my heels
 And a pocket  full of pay
So  I'll take  it from day  to day.
The  pack-ice 'round  us cracks  and groans;
The  old St. Roch,  she creaks  and moans.
 The icy  fog is in  my bones,
 And the ache  won't go  away.
Outside  I bet  it's warm  and fair.
I  could have her fingers  in  my hair,
 But it's long,  cold miles to her  out there
 So I guess  I'll have to stay
And  just take  it from day  to day!
 We're as far  North now as I want  to come,
 But Larsen's  got us under  his thumb,
 And I  signed up for the whole  damned run,
 I can't  get off half way.
 But when I  get back  unto  the shore,
I'm  going South  where it  stays warm,
 And there'll  be someone on  my arm
 To help  me spend my pay,
So  I'll take  it from day  to day.
 (fiddle solo over same chords as verse)
 (repeat chorus)
 (fiddle solo over first half of verse)
 No stranger, I,  to the touch  of steel
 And the honest  fear  any man  can feel,
 But I long  for dust under  my heels
 And a pocket  full of pay,
So  I'll take  it from day  to day.

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Readable chord sheet for Take It From Day To Day by Stan Rogers

[G]Well, it's not the h[C]ours of w[D]atch-on-w[G]atch,
[G]And it's not the w[C]ork that I m[D]ind so m[Em]uch,
Or the l[G]ong cold miles from my l[C]over's touch,
'Though for s[G]ure she's f[Am]ar aw[D]ay.
No [G]stranger, [C]I, to the [D]touch of s[G]teel,
Or the h[G]onest f[C]ear any m[D]an can f[Em]eel,
But I l[G]ong for dust und[C]er my heels
And a p[G]ocket full of p[Am]ay
[C]So I'll [G]take it from d[D]ay to d[G]ay.

[G]The pack-ice 'r[C]ound us c[D]racks and g[G]roans;
[G]The old St. R[C]och, she c[D]reaks and m[Em]oans.
The i[G]cy fog is i[C]n my bones,
And the a[G]che won't [Am]go aw[D]ay.
[G]Outside I b[C]et it's w[D]arm and f[G]air.
[G]I could have her f[C]ingers i[D]n my h[Em]air,
But it's l[G]ong, cold miles to h[C]er out there
So I g[G]uess I'll have to s[Am]tay
[C]And just t[G]ake it from d[D]ay to d[G]ay!

We're as f[D]ar North now as I w[G]ant to c[C]ome,
But L[C]arsen's got us u[G]nder his thumb,
And [D]I signed up for the w[G]hole damned r[C]un,
I [Am]can't get off half w[D]ay.
But when [G]I get b[C]ack un[D]to the s[G]hore,
[G]I'm going S[C]outh where i[D]t stays w[Em]arm,
And t[G]here'll be someone o[C]n my arm
To h[G]elp me spend my p[Am]ay,
[C]So I'll t[G]ake it from d[D]ay to d[G]ay.

(fiddle solo over same chords as verse)

(repeat chorus)

(fiddle solo over first half of verse)
No s[G]tranger, [C]I, to the t[D]ouch of s[G]teel
And the h[G]onest f[C]ear any [D]man can f[Em]eel,
But I l[G]ong for dust und[C]er my heels
And a p[G]ocket full of p[Am]ay,
[C]So I'll t[G]ake it from d[D]ay to d[G]ay.

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