Hayley_rench wrote:Hey,
Im Hayley from brisbane, Australia. My dad was a Chris Rea fan, I was pretty much bought up on his music. A few months ago my dad died of cancer, and at his service we played the gone fishing song. Before he passed he told us girls never to think of him as dead, just to think that he has gone fishing. He loved that song. I was just trying to find tabs for the song so as I could learn to play it on guitar, does anyone know what they are? i also heard that chris has got cancer himself, which is really bloody sad. does anyone know what his lyrics were about? what he was going through at the stage when he wrote that song?
thanks,
Hayley.
Hello Hayley,
I feel very sorry for your father. It must be very hard for you. But maybe it´s a little comfort to you that you can still share this song with him.
I found on Ronald´s website this part of an interview where Chris comments the fishing-song:
To quote him (or at first I think it´s the interviewer):
"The song 'Gone Fishing', I know a lot of people have remarked to me they have listened to the record, "I like that song, that's what we should do, just go fishing, forget about everything".
(now, this is Chris:)
The funny thing about that song is as I say in the song, I don't know anything about fishing. he bottom line of the tune is that when you get to the last day of your life and you look back, and you see how many hours you've spent in traffic-jams, pushing and shoving, how many hours you've spent elbowing people out of the way and being elbowed out of the way; You just thing to yourself I wish I had all them hours back, cos I may as well have gone fishing."
To my knowledge Chris hasn´t had cancer. It was "just" an inflammation of his pancreas, but serious as well.
To the tabs I can´t help. Have you searched in the internet?
Bye
Yours Jutta