June is a Coming

JUNE IS A COMING

^GThe fall ^Cis the sunniest time of the year
^DAnd the^G mountains are clear every day,
But^C November^D it brings home the clouds and the rain once again,
^AmDecember is^D many warm nights by the fire
^GReading^Em stories and sipping some beer,
With^Am the ^Cdays growing^D longer, the end of the winter seems near.

^GBut ^Csometime in March there’s a magical day
When^D the ^Gperfume of Springtime appears,
And ^Cthe flowers^D and trees of Seattle all bloom in the rain,
It’s ^Amthe ^Dtime of the year that the money runs short
And^G the ^Emsmell of the sea is so strong,
When ^Amthe boats^C are all ^Dpainted, the fishermen soon will be gone.

CHORUS:

^CJune ^Dis a coming, the salmon are running
And ^GI’ve got to ^Embe on my way,
^AmI don’t ^Dwant to leave you my darling
But ^Gthere’s^C so^G many more debts to pay,
^CThey say^D that the catch will be bigger this year
And^G we’ll ^Emall come home rich in the end,
^AmI don’t want^D to leave you my darling,
But^Am the nets^D will be loaded by dawn,
^AmJune is^D a coming^G and I^C must^G be rolling along.

^GWhen I ^Ccame home last fall we were married
And ^Dbought a ^Gsmall house seven blocks from the sound,
She ^Cgot a ^Djob as a waitress, I worked for a friend,
^AmAt Christmas^D she told me she had a surprise
^GBut I’d^Em have to wait six months or so,
^AmI looked^C in her^D eyes and I wondered if I’d have to go.

CHORUS

^GWe sit by ^Cthe fire and I strum my guitar
With^D my^G little boy singing to me,
And it kills^C me to watch^D him and think I’ll be leaving again,
^AmSo I look^D through the papers and call up my friends
But ^Gthere isn’t^Em enough work around,
^AmAnd I find^C myself^D walking the streets of a small fishing town.

CHORUS

By Dana Lyons, Copyright 1985

Dana Lyons: Guitar and Lead Vocals
Steve Anderson: Vocal Harmony
David Lange: Accordian; Dan Mohler: Bass

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