Greenland Whale Fisheries Chords by The Pogues
Tempo:
141.55 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [G]
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1846, on March the 18th of [D] July, [G] we hoisted our colours to [C] the top of the mast, and [G] the Greenland side of the White River was, and the Greenland [D] side of the [G] White River was.
The lookout in the cross-street stood, [C] his [G] fine glass in [D] his hand.
[G] There's a whale, there's a whale, [C] and a quail, he tried, and [G] she blows every span, and she blows every span.
The captain stood on the quarter-deck, the ice frozen in sigh, [D] [G] overhaul, overhaul, [C] let your gym sheet fall, [G] and the [D] butcher bolts [G] the sea right wise, and the butcher bolts the sea.
The harbour's struck, and the [D] [G] line's played out, with a single flourish of his [D] tail.
[G] He capsized the boat, and we [C] lost five men, [G] and we did [D] not catch [G] that whale, brave boys, and we did not [D] catch [G] that whale.
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[C] [D] [G] The losing of [D] those five [G] jolly men, it grieved our captain [D] sore, [G] but the losing of [C] that wild whale fish, [G] now it grieved him ten times more, brave boys, now it grieved him ten times more.
The Greenland is [D] a [G] foreign land, [C] a land [G] that [D] bears no cream, [G] where there's ice and snow, [C] and a whale fish that blow, [G] and a day like so, and I'm saying, brave boys, and a day like so, and I'm saying.
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1846, on March the 18th of [D] July, [G] we hoisted our colours to [C] the top of the mast, and [G] the Greenland side of the White River was, and the Greenland [D] side of the [G] White River was.
The lookout in the cross-street stood, [C] his [G] fine glass in [D] his hand.
[G] There's a whale, there's a whale, [C] and a quail, he tried, and [G] she blows every span, and she blows every span.
The captain stood on the quarter-deck, the ice frozen in sigh, [D] [G] overhaul, overhaul, [C] let your gym sheet fall, [G] and the [D] butcher bolts [G] the sea right wise, and the butcher bolts the sea.
The harbour's struck, and the [D] [G] line's played out, with a single flourish of his [D] tail.
[G] He capsized the boat, and we [C] lost five men, [G] and we did [D] not catch [G] that whale, brave boys, and we did not [D] catch [G] that whale.
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[C] [G]
[C] [D] [G] The losing of [D] those five [G] jolly men, it grieved our captain [D] sore, [G] but the losing of [C] that wild whale fish, [G] now it grieved him ten times more, brave boys, now it grieved him ten times more.
The Greenland is [D] a [G] foreign land, [C] a land [G] that [D] bears no cream, [G] where there's ice and snow, [C] and a whale fish that blow, [G] and a day like so, and I'm saying, brave boys, and a day like so, and I'm saying.
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_ _ 1846, on March the 18th of [D] July, [G] we hoisted our colours to [C] the top of the mast, and [G] the Greenland side of the White River was, and the Greenland [D] side of the [G] White River was.
The lookout in the cross-street stood, [C] his [G] fine glass in [D] his hand.
[G] There's a whale, there's a whale, [C] and a quail, he tried, _ and [G] she blows every span, and _ _ she blows every span.
_ The captain stood on the quarter-deck, the ice frozen in sigh, _ [D] _ [G] overhaul, overhaul, [C] let your gym sheet fall, _ [G] and the [D] butcher bolts [G] the sea right wise, and the butcher bolts the sea.
_ The harbour's struck, and the [D] [G] line's played out, with a single flourish of his [D] tail.
[G] He capsized the boat, and we [C] lost five men, _ [G] and we did [D] not catch [G] that whale, brave boys, and we did not [D] catch [G] that whale. _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ [D] _ [G] _ The losing of [D] those five [G] jolly men, it grieved our captain [D] _ sore, [G] but the losing of [C] that wild whale fish, _ [G] now it grieved him ten times more, brave boys, now it grieved him ten times more.
_ The Greenland is [D] a [G] foreign land, [C] a land [G] that [D] bears no cream, [G] where there's ice and snow, [C] and a whale fish that blow, [G] and a day like so, and I'm saying, brave boys, and a day like so, and I'm saying. _ _ _ _
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_ _ 1846, on March the 18th of [D] July, [G] we hoisted our colours to [C] the top of the mast, and [G] the Greenland side of the White River was, and the Greenland [D] side of the [G] White River was.
The lookout in the cross-street stood, [C] his [G] fine glass in [D] his hand.
[G] There's a whale, there's a whale, [C] and a quail, he tried, _ and [G] she blows every span, and _ _ she blows every span.
_ The captain stood on the quarter-deck, the ice frozen in sigh, _ [D] _ [G] overhaul, overhaul, [C] let your gym sheet fall, _ [G] and the [D] butcher bolts [G] the sea right wise, and the butcher bolts the sea.
_ The harbour's struck, and the [D] [G] line's played out, with a single flourish of his [D] tail.
[G] He capsized the boat, and we [C] lost five men, _ [G] and we did [D] not catch [G] that whale, brave boys, and we did not [D] catch [G] that whale. _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ [D] _ [G] _ The losing of [D] those five [G] jolly men, it grieved our captain [D] _ sore, [G] but the losing of [C] that wild whale fish, _ [G] now it grieved him ten times more, brave boys, now it grieved him ten times more.
_ The Greenland is [D] a [G] foreign land, [C] a land [G] that [D] bears no cream, [G] where there's ice and snow, [C] and a whale fish that blow, [G] and a day like so, and I'm saying, brave boys, and a day like so, and I'm saying. _ _ _ _
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