I Whale Acordes

I WHALE
As recorded by Mount Eerie
(From the 2010 Album SONG ISLANDS VOL. 2)
 
 
[Intro]
C
 
 
[Verse 1]
C            Fmaj7  C
So I set out on the sea
              Fmaj7 Am  G
With a little food  for me
      Fmaj7                                   G
And a sharp harpoon for the whale that I'm hunting
         Fmaj7        C
The fine women on the shore
                 G
They called out "give us more!"
      Fmaj7                               G
But I have nothing to give (as if I did before)
 
 
[Verse 2]
          Am           Fmaj7     C
Before my house burned down last night
                Fmaj7   Am   G
And I killed my friends in a fight
   Fmaj7                                 G
So like I said, I paddled out in morning light
   C      Fmaj7   C
To see if I could see
             Fmaj7    G
A shape come from the deep
              Fmaj7                           G
Or if I could hear it's song of love at night taunt me
 
 
[Bridge]
             Am
And though I know I'm getting some
   G
My fingers are getting numb
  Fmaj7                                Em      G
I sit and toss and the cold waves wash over me
              Am
And I've been out here for sixty days
           G
There's no sign of spout or spray
        Fmaj7                                     Em   G
And the cold dark night falls down the flat black sea
 
 
[Verse 3]
           C      Fmaj7    C
And in the calm I close my eyes
             Am                G
I lean back, rock from side to side
     Fmaj7                             G     C
I am placid, I have slowly gone starry skies
     Fmaj7       C    Am G
With half closed eyes
            Fmaj7
But with a 'thump' 'thump' beneath my boat
                G
Watch the water rise
 
 
[Verse 4]
    Fmaj7           G
And storms rage in my skiff crumbles
        Fmaj7                     G   Em
And the whale beneath assails and humbles
       Fmaj7                     G
It says: "Knock knock!" from beneath
G
"You know it's me!
         Fmaj7
I'm your heart, I'm a whale
                                 Em
I'm the bottom of the deep black sea
                         Am
My mouth is white and toothy"
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