Shark Fin Blues

A                             
Standing on the deck I watch my 
         Em
shadow stretch
     G                          D
The sun pours my shadow upon the 
deck
     A                             
The waters licking round my ankles 
Em
now
      G                           
Well, there ain't no sun shine way 
D
way down

 A                                 
I see the sharks in the water like 
        Em
slicks of ink
G                                 
well, there's one there bigger 
    D
than a submarine
       A                    Em
and as he circles, I look in his 
eyes
            G                      
I see Jonah in his belly by the 
        D
camp fire light

         A                       
See the albatross up in the windy 
    Em
loft
            G                      
Gets to beating his wings while he 
             D
sleeps it off
                   A               
I hear the jettisoned cries from 
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his dream unkind
        G                     
Get to whipping my ears like a 
         D
riding crop

          A                        
Well, the captain once as able as a
      Em
 fink dandy
          G                        
Is now laid up in the galley like a
             D
 dried out mink
             A                     
He's laying dying of thirst and he 
        Em
says or I think
       G                         D
"We're gonna be alone from here on 
in"

         Em
Well you're all my brothers
                  D
And you have been kind
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         Em                     D
But what were you expecting to find?
         Em
Now your eyes turn inwards
              Bm
And your countenance turns blank
           C
And I'm floating away on a barrel of
 pain
It looks like nothing but the sea 
         E
and sky remains...


 A                                 
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, 
      Em
nah, nah
 G                                 
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, 
     D
nah, nah

 A                                 
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, 
      Em
nah, nah
 G                                 
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, 
     D
nah, nah

    A                          Em
A harpoon's shaft is short and wide
    G                          D
A grappling hook is cracked and dry
          A                      
I said, why don't you get down in 
     Em
the sea
 G                               
Turn the water red like you wanna 
  D
be?

              A                  
Cos if I cry another tear I'll be 
                Em
turned to dust
    G                            
The sharks won't get me, but they 
            D
don't feel loss
          A                      
Keep one eye on the horizon, man, 
              Em
you best not blink!
                G                  
They're coming fin by fin until the
            D
 whole boat sinks!

A                                 
Fin by fin
      Em

(Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, 
nah, nah)
G                                 
Fin by fin by fin by fin
      D

(Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, 
nah, nah)
A                                 
Fin by fin
      Em

(Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, 
nah, nah)
G                                 
Fin by fin by fin by fin
      D

(Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, 
nah, nah)

Outro
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Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, 
      Em
nah, nah
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Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, 
     D
nah, nah

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Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, 
      Em
nah, nah
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Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, 
     D
nah, nah

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Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, 
      Em
nah, nah
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Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, 
     D
nah, nah

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Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, 
      Em
nah, nah
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Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, 
     D
nah, nah

D
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, 
nah, nah