Whaling Stories

Intro: Eb Dm G Bbm

Bm       F#m  Em           Bm  
Pailing well after sixteen 
     Bm/D    F#m/C#  Dm  A/A#
days, a mammoth task was set
Bm        F#m  Em/G         Bm  
Sack the town, and rob the 
 Em   Bm/F#        Em/G F# Bm D
tower, and steal the alphabet
 B/D# Em

Em         Bm/D    Am/C    Em/B
Close the door and bar the 
       Em      Bm       Dm    Ebdim
gate, but keep the windows clean
Em      Hm/D   Am/C  Em/ G  C Em/B  
            Am     Em E/G#
God's alive inside a movie!   Watch 
the silver screen!
A               C          G    
Rum was served to all the 
      D           F         F   
traitors; pygmies held themselves in
C
 check
Am               Em/G         Bm
Bloodhounds nosed around the 
      Em         Bm /D Em       
houses, down dark alleys sailors
Bm /D
 crept
Em         A          Em  
Six bells struck, the pot was 
     A         Am           
boiling - soup spilled out on 
D Am          D
passers-by
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Bm      E     Bm     E        
Angels mumbled incantations, 
Em     Bm/F#              Cmaj7 
closely watched by God on high
      Em


Em D C Em

Bass: Em (E,F#,G, A Bb C, C#,D) D 
://:
Em +5-5 ://:            F#m +5-5 
://:     Bass G,A,Bb,C,C#,D,E,F#
Lightning struck out - fire and 
brimstone!

Boiling oil and shrieking steam!
Dm/A                              
Darkness struck with molten fury, 
Bb
flashbulbs glorified the scene

Bass: C,D,Eb,F,F#,G,A,Bb

Cm                            Db
Not a man who had a finger, not a 
man who could be seen
Dm                                
Nothing called (not name nor 
    Eb                      Em
number) - Echo stormed its final 
scream

Solo over BAss(E,F#,G, A Bb C, 
C#,D)x12 Eb G x2


Eb       Bb/F        Gm   
Daybreak washed with sands of 
     G          Gm    Eb     
gladness, rotting all it rotted 
       Cm
clean
Eb        Bb/F  Gm      
Windows peeped out on their 
       G       Gm     Gm7        
neighbors, inside fireside 
C4         F
bedsides gleam
Bb             F        Eb Bb F
SHALIMAR, the trumpets 
   G             D        C  G 
chorused, angels wholly all shall 
D
ta-a- ake
B           Ab/C Ebdim     Em   
Those alive will meet the 
 Dadd9 C5       G/B  G  Bm     
prophets,            those at 
     D
peace shall see              G
their wake