GDAmG
When the whale gets strike and the line runs out
CAmD
And the whale makes a flounder with its tail
GCAmD
And the boat cap-sized and I lost my darlin' man
GCAmCD
No more, no more Green-land for you, brave boys
GCAmG
No more, no more Green-land for you
(Main Song)
GCGAmD
'Twas in eighteen hundred and fifty-three, on June the thirteenth day,
GAmCD
That our gallant ship, her anchor weighed,
GAmD
And for Greenland sailed away, brave boys,
GC (D) G
and for Greenland sail-ed a-way.
GCGAmD
The lookout on the cross tree stood, with a spyglass in his hand,
GAmCD
"There's a whale, there's a whale, there's a whalefish," he cried,
GAmD
And she blows at every span, brave boys,
GC (D) G
She blows at ev-ery span.
GCG
Well we struck that whale and the line played out
AmD
But she gave a flounder with her tail
GAmCD
And the boat capsized and four men were drowned
GAmD
And we never caught that whale
GC (D) G
We never caught that whale
GCG
Oh, to lose that whale, my captain cried
AmD
It grieves my heart full sore
GAmCD
But to lose four of my gallant men
GAmD
It grieves me ten times more, brave boys
GC (D) G
It grieves me ten times more
GCG
Oh, Greenland is a dreadful place
AmD
It's a land that's never green
GAmCD
Where there's ice and snow and the whale fishes blow
GAmD
And daylight's seldom seen, brave boys
GC (D) G
And daylight's sel-dom seen
(Outro)
GDAmG
When the whale get strike and the line runs out
CAmD
And the whale makes a flounder with its tail