Whaling

From: KEANJ@* (John Kean)

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Transcribed by John Kean (*)
based on an earlier version by Sandy Davidson (*).

4/4 time.


INTRO:

Guitar plays:
   C                        G        F/A             C
   ,     ,     ,     ,      ,     ,     ,     ,      ,     ,     ,     ,
||------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
||-------1--3--3s5s3-1----|-------0-h1-----1-------|-------1--3--3s5s5-1----|
||----0-----------------0-|----0--------0----------|----0-----------------0-|
||------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
||-3----------------------|----------0--------0--2-|-3----------------------|
||------------------------|-3----------------------|------------------------|


             G           F/A                     C
             ,       ,       ,       ,           ,     ,     ,     ,
          ||---------------------3---3h5p3p0---|-3-----------------------|
   Violin ||-----------------------------------|----5--3-----3--5--------|
(arranged ||-----------------------------------|----------5--------5--4--|
      for ||-----------------------------------|-------------------------|
  another ||-----------------------------------|-------------------------|
  guitar) ||-----------------------------------|-------------------------|
           :                                   :                         :
           :                                   :                         :
           |-----------------------------------|-------------------------| 

    First  |---------0--h1-------1-------------|-------1--3--3s5s3-1-----|
   guitar  |-----0-----------0-----------------|----0-----------------0--|
continues  |-----------------------------------|-------------------------|
           |-------------0----------0------2---|-3-----------------------| 
           |-3---------------------------------|-------------------------| 


  G        F/A             C                         G        F/A
  ,     ,     ,     ,      ,     ,     ,     ,       ,     ,     ,     ,
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|| 
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|| 
|-------5-----------4----|-------------------------|------------------------|| 
|----------7-------------|-5-----------------------|------------------------|| 
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|| 
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|| 
:                        :                         :                        :  

|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|| 
|-------0-h1-----1-------|-------1---3--3s5s3-1----|-------0-h1-----1-------|| 
|----0--------0----------|----0------------------0-|----0--------0----------|| 
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|| 
|----------0--------0--2-|-3-----------------------|----------0--------0--2-|| 
|-3----------------------|-------------------------|-3----------------------|| 

                                                                       Sing


VERSE 1:
    C                        G        F/A             C
    ,     ,     ,     ,      ,     ,     ,     ,      ,     ,     ,     ,
||--------0-----------0----|-------3----------------|-------0-----------0----|
||--------1-----------1----|-------0--------1-------|-------1-----------1----|
||*-------0-----------0----|-------0----------------|-------0-----------0----|
||*------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
||--3--------------3-------|----------0--------0--2-|-3--------------3-------|
||-------------------------|-3----------------------|------------------------|
   "Bravo bravo!"                            You're a brave brave man
    ship can't handle                          The    heavy        seas


  G        F/A             C                        G        F/A
  ,     ,     ,     ,      ,     ,     ,     ,      ,     ,     ,     ,
|-------3----------------|-------0-----------0----|-------3-----------------| 
|-------0--------1-------|-------1-----------1----|-------0--------1--------| 
|-------0----------------|-------0-----------0----|-------0-----------------| 
|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------| 
|----------0--------0--2-|-3--------------3-------|----------0--------0--2--| 
|-3----------------------|------------------------|-3-----------------------| 

                    I know   it's just bravado                        Never
                    Your   spirit will get you through                   No


  C                        G        F/A
  ,     ,     ,     ,      ,     ,     ,     ,
|-------0-----------0----|-------3-----------------|| 
|-------1-----------1----|-------0--------1--------|| 
|-------0-----------0----|-------0----------------*|| 
|------------------------|------------------------*|| 
|-3--------------3-------|----------0--------0--2--|| 
|------------------------|-3-----------------------|| 

  sink 'cause you swim                    And when your
  down on bended knees


VERSE 2:
          C                   G     F
You sing "Save me, save me"
        C            G    F
Save me from myself
        C                           G    F
I'm the first to get trigger happy
             C                       G     F
The first to think of my own health


CHORUS:
   F
   ,     ,     ,     ,       ,     ,     ,     ,
||-------------------------|-------------------------|
||-------------------------|-------------------------|
||-------------------------|-------------------------|
||-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
||-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
||-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--|
'Cause I'm,          oh      I'm...         Cause I'm

C
     F
I'll never get used to the sea
        C
But I'm whaling, manning my harpoon
F
Not where I wanted to be
        C
But I'm whaling, I feel like Jonah
F
Never meaning you no harm
        C
But I'm whaling, next port of call
F
Back in my sweet babys arms

     G (single strum)  G (single strum)  G (single strum)
In a room,             close,            savouring our love  while we got

                            ,       ,       ,       ,
                         ||---------------------3---3h5p3p0-|
                  Violin ||---------------------------------|
               (arranged ||---------------------------------|
             for another ||---------------------------------|
                 guitar) ||---------------------------------|
                         ||---------------------------------|
  F                       :                                 :
  ,     ,     ,     ,     :                                 :
|-------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|-------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|-------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---| 
|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---| 
|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---| 

  Rest  and   recrea-                                 tion


  C                         G        F/A             C
  ,     ,     ,     ,       ,     ,     ,     ,      ,     ,     ,     ,
|-3-----------------------|------------------------|-------------------------| 
|----5--3-----3--5--------|------------------------|-------------------------| 
|----------5--------5--4--|-------5-----------4----|-------------------------| 
|-------------------------|----------7-------------|-5-----------------------| 
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------| 
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------| 
:                         :                        :                         : 

|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------| 
|-------1--3--3s5s3-1-----|-------0-h1-----1-------|-------1--3--3s5s3-1-----| 
|----0-----------------0--|----0--------0----------|----0-----------------0--| 
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------| 
|-3-----------------------|----------0--------0--2-|-3-----------------------| 
|-------------------------|-3----------------------|-------------------------| 


  G           F/A                     C
  ,       ,       ,       ,           ,     ,     ,     ,
|---------------------3---3h5p3p0---|-3-----------------------| 
|-----------------------------------|----5--3-----3--5--------| 
|-----------------------------------|----------5--------5--4--| 
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------| 
:                                   :                         : 

|-----------------------------------|-------------------------| 
|---------0--h1-------1-------------|-------1--3--3s5s3-1-----| 
|-----0-----------0-----------------|----0-----------------0--| 
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------| 
|-------------0----------0------2---|-3-----------------------| 
|-3---------------------------------|-------------------------| 


  G        F/A             C                         G        F/A
  ,     ,     ,     ,      ,     ,     ,     ,       ,     ,     ,     ,
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|| 
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|| 
|-------5-----------4----|-------------------------|------------------------|| 
|----------7-------------|-5-----------------------|------------------------|| 
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|| 
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|| 
:                        :                         :                        :  

|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|| 
|-------0-h1-----1-------|-------1---3--3s5s3-1----|-------0-h1-----1-------|| 
|----0--------0----------|----0------------------0-|----0--------0----------|| 
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|| 
|----------0--------0--2-|-3-----------------------|----------0--------0--2-|| 
|-3----------------------|-------------------------|-3----------------------|| 


VERSE 3:
Ooh you sing "Bravo bravo"
Save me from myself
I'm the first to get trigger happy
The first to think of my own health


CHORUS + FADE


   \\\\   John Kean
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