Biography:
Stanley Allison Rogers (November 29, 1949 – June 2, 1983) was a Canadian folk musician and songwriter.
Rogers was noted for his rich, baritone voice and his traditional-sounding songs which were frequently inspired by Canadian history and the daily lives of working people, especially those from the fishing villages of the Maritime provinces and, later, the farms of the Canadian prairies and Great Lakes. Rogers died in a fire aboard Air Canada Flight 797 on the ground at the Greater Cincinnati Airport at the age of 33.
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Other songs:
- 45 Years
- Lies
- Make And Break Harbour
- Witch Of Westmoreland
- A Matter Of Heart
- Acadian Saturday Night
- Barretts Privateers
- Bluenose
- California
- Canol Road
- Cape St Marys
- Cliffs At Baccalieu
- Dark Eyed Molly
- Delivery Delayed
- Down The Road
- Evangeline
- Field Behind The Plow
- First Christmas
- Fishermans Wharf
- Fogartys Cove
- Forty
- Free In The Harbour
- Guysborough Train
- Harris And The Mare
- House Of Orange
- Jeannie C
- Leave Her Johnny Leave Her
- Let Me Fish Off Cape St Marys
- Lock
- Lookout Hill
- Love Letter
- Macdonnell On The Heights
- Mary Ellen Carter
- Northwest Passage
- Pharisee
- Sailors Rest
- Scarborough Settlers Lament
- Second Effort
- Song Of The Cradle
- Strings And Dory Plug
- Take It From Day To Day
- The Bluenose
- The Field Behind The Plow
- The Flowers Of Bermuda
- The House Of Orange
- The Idiot
- The Jeannie C
- The Maid On The Shore
- The Mary Ellen Carter
- The Rawdon Hills
- The White Collar Holler
- The Witch Of The Westmorland
- The Witch Of Westmorland
- Three Fishers
- Tiny Fish For Japan
- Turnaround
- White Squall
- Wreck Of The Athens Queen
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Take it from day to day
Stan Rogers
Album: From Coffee House to Concert Hall (2000)
Verse 1:
G C D G
Well, it's not the hours of watch-on-watch,
G C D Em
And it's not the work that I mind so much,
G C
Or the long cold miles from my lover's touch,
G Am D
'Though for sure she's far away.
G C D G
No stranger, I, to the touch of steel,
G C D Em
Or the honest fear any man can feel,
G C
But I long for dust under my heels
G Am
And a pocket full of pay
C G D G
So I'll take it from day to day.
Verse 2:
G C D G
The pack-ice 'round us cracks and groans;
G C D Em
The old St. Roch, she creaks and moans.
G C
The icy fog is in my bones,
G Am D
And the ache won't go away.
G C D G
Outside I bet it's warm and fair.
G C D Em
I could have her fingers in my hair,
G C
But it's long, cold miles to her out there
G Am
So I guess I'll have to stay
C G D G
And just take it from day to day!
Chorus:
D G C
We're as far North now as I want to come,
C G
But Larsen's got us under his thumb,
D G C
And I signed up for the whole damned run,
Am D
I can't get off half way.
G C D G
But when I get back unto the shore,
G C D Em
I'm going South where it stays warm,
G C
And there'll be someone on my arm
G Am
To help me spend my pay,
C G D G
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)
G C D G
No stranger, I, to the touch of steel
G C D Em
And the honest fear any man can feel,
G C
But I long for dust under my heels
G Am
And a pocket full of pay,
C G D G
So I'll take it from day to day.
The Fogarty's Cove songbook containing the complete first four Stan Rogers albums
is available at http://www.fogartyscovemusic.skyrocketlabs.com/store/#merch
Stan Rogers
Album: From Coffee House to Concert Hall (2000)
Verse 1:
G C D G
Well, it's not the hours of watch-on-watch,
G C D Em
And it's not the work that I mind so much,
G C
Or the long cold miles from my lover's touch,
G Am D
'Though for sure she's far away.
G C D G
No stranger, I, to the touch of steel,
G C D Em
Or the honest fear any man can feel,
G C
But I long for dust under my heels
G Am
And a pocket full of pay
C G D G
So I'll take it from day to day.
Verse 2:
G C D G
The pack-ice 'round us cracks and groans;
G C D Em
The old St. Roch, she creaks and moans.
G C
The icy fog is in my bones,
G Am D
And the ache won't go away.
G C D G
Outside I bet it's warm and fair.
G C D Em
I could have her fingers in my hair,
G C
But it's long, cold miles to her out there
G Am
So I guess I'll have to stay
C G D G
And just take it from day to day!
Chorus:
D G C
We're as far North now as I want to come,
C G
But Larsen's got us under his thumb,
D G C
And I signed up for the whole damned run,
Am D
I can't get off half way.
G C D G
But when I get back unto the shore,
G C D Em
I'm going South where it stays warm,
G C
And there'll be someone on my arm
G Am
To help me spend my pay,
C G D G
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)
G C D G
No stranger, I, to the touch of steel
G C D Em
And the honest fear any man can feel,
G C
But I long for dust under my heels
G Am
And a pocket full of pay,
C G D G
So I'll take it from day to day.
The Fogarty's Cove songbook containing the complete first four Stan Rogers albums
is available at http://www.fogartyscovemusic.skyrocketlabs.com/store/#merch
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