(Start with an Am intro, the strum is easy)
Am E
We are two Mariners, our ship's sole survivors, in this belly of a whale
EIt's ribs our ceiling beams, it's guts our carpeting, I guess we have some time
to kill. You may not remember me, I was a child of three, and you a lad of
Eeighteen. But I remember you, and I will relate to you, how our histories
Aminterweave.
At the time you were a rake and a rastabout. Spending all your money on the
E Fm Ewhores and hounds. Oh-oh
AmYou had a charming air, all cheap and debonair, my widowed mother found so
sweet. And so she took you in, her sheets still warm with him, now filled
Amwith filth and fowl disease.
Fm Am FmAs time wore on you proved a debt-ridden drunken mess. Leaving my mother a
poor consumptive wretch. Oh-oh
AmAnd then you disappeared. Your gambling arrears, the only thing you left
Ebehind. And then the magistrate, reclaimed our small estate, and my poor
mother lost her mind.
Fm Am FmThen one day in spring my dear, sweet mother died. But before she did I took
E Fm Eher hand as she dying cried, Oh-oh,
"Find him, bind him, tie him to a pole and break his fingers to splinters,
Fmdrag him to a hole until he wakes up, naked, clawing at the ceiling of his
E Fm Egrave, oh-oh." (Little Am fill right here)
It took me fifteen years to swallow all my tears, among the urchins in the
Estreet. And then a priory, took pity and hired me to keep their vestry nice
Amand neat.
Fm (c-ish) Am(c-ish) Fm(c-ish)
But never once in the employ of these holy men, did I ever once turn my mind
E(c-ish) Fm E
from the thought of revenge. Oh-oh.
Am(harsh double strum for this part)
One night I overheard, the prior exchanging words with a penetant whaler from
E(smooth) E(harsh double strum)
the sea. The captain of his ship, who matched you toe to tip, was known for a
Am(smooth)
wanton cruelty.
Fm AmThe following day I shipped to sea with the privateer. And in the whistle of
the wind I could almost hear, oh-oh.
Fm Am"Find him, bind him, tie him to a pole and break his fingers to splinters,
Fmdrag him to a whole until he wakes up, naked, clawing at the ceiling of his
grave.
C G C G AmThere is one thing I must say to you, as you sail across the sea. Always your
Em Fm Emother will watch over you, as you avenge this wicked deed.
Middle section: Am-E-Fm-E
And then one fateful night, we had you in our sights, after 20 months at sea.
Your starboard flank abeam, I was getting my muskets clean, when came this
Amrumbling from beneath.
Fm(c-ish) Am(c-ish) Fm(c-ish)
The ocean shook, the sky went black and the captain quailed. And before us
E (candenza) Fm E
grew the angry jaws of a giant whale, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh
AmDon't know how I survived, the crew all was chewed alive, I must have slipped
between his teeth. But oh what providence, what divine intelligence, that you
Amshould survive as well as me.
Fm Am FmIt gives my heart great joy to see your eyes fill with fear. So lean in close
and I will whisper the last words you'll hear, oh-oh
(Solo at end,all on high E)
E--8--7--8--7--8-7-5-7-8-7-5-7x2
E--8--7--8--7--8-7-5-7-8-5-7-8--12(hold)-10-8-7-5-8-7
(repeat until end of song, get faster and faster each time)
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