The Reach by Dan Fogelberg Tab author: dbarton944 Tuning: Capo II +------------ This file is the author’s own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for private study scholarship or research. +------------ [Intro] Dsus2   Esus4     Dsus2      Esus4    Esus4 It’s Maine and it’s Autumn The Birches have just begun turning It’s life and it’s dying The lobsterman’s boats come returning With the catch of the day in their holds And the young boys cold and complaining The fog meets the beaches And out on the Reach it is raining.          Dsus2 Esus4       Dsus2 It’s father and son It’s the way it’s been done since the old days It’s hauling by hand ten miles out from the land Where their chow waits And the days are all lonely and long And the seas grow so stormy and strong but... The Reach will sing welcome as homeward they hurry along            [CHORUS] And the morning will blow a - -  way As the waves crash and fall And The Reach like a si - ren   sings As she beckons and calls     As the coastline recedes from   view And the seas swell and grow I will take from The Reach All the she has to teach To the depths of my soul Dsus4 Esus4 Dsus4 The wind brings a chill There’s a frost on the sill in the morning It creeps through the door And out on the shore ice is forming Soon the Northers will bluster and blow And the woods will be whitened with snowfall And The Reach will lie frozen For the lost and unchosen to row.            [CHORUS] And the morning will blow a - -  way As the waves crash and fall And The Reach like a si - ren   sings As she beckons and calls     As the coastline recedes from   view And the seas swell and grow I will take from The Reach All the she has to teach To the depths of my soul Dsus4 Esus4 Dsus4 Esus4           (let ring)