The Ballad of the Greenland Whalers - Chad Mitchell Trio Chords
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] On the 23rd [D] day of the [G] month of June in the year of [D] 54,
[G] They signed us [C] weary [D] weathermen [G]
to sail [D] for [G] Greenland shore,
Ray [D] boys, to sail for Greenland shore.
[G]
Our gallant shippers' sails we set on the icy green even [D] ground,
[G] Well, they said we'd take [C] about a store or [D] two a whale
[G]
Before [D] we're six [G] months bound,
Ray boys, [D]
before we're six months bound.
[G] Oh, the lookout up [D] in the cross [G] tree stood [C] with a [G] spyglass in [D] his hand,
[G] There's a whale, there's a whale, [Em] there's a whale, [D] fish he cried,
[G] She blows [D] on [G] every span,
Ray [D] boys, she blows on every span.
[G] The captain stood on the [D] [G] quarter deck with his eye to the icy [D] sea,
[G] Hover, hover, hover, ho, [C] let your dammock [D] tackles fall,
[G] Put your boats [D] on the water [G] cry, ye, Ray boys, put your boats on the [D] water cry, ye.
[G] Well, the boats got down [D] and the [G] crews aboard,
And the whale was full in [D] view,
[G] And the boats [C] unroared, put your bags [D] to the [G] oars,
And steer where [D] the [G] whalefish flew, Ray boys, and steer [Am] where the [D] whalefish flew.
[G]
[D] [G] [C]
[G] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
Ray boys, and steer where the [D] whalefish flew.
[G] Well, the harpoon struck [D] and the line [G] played out,
And the whale gave a thunder [D] with his tail,
[G] And the boat capsized, [C] still in half a [D] dozen men,
[G] And we never did catch that whale, [Em] Ray boys, we never [D] did catch that whale.
[G] To lose those [D] men, the [G] captain said,
Well, [C] it [G] grieves my heart for [D] sore,
[G] But we knew the losing of that [D] hundred-barrel whale,
[G] Well, it grieved him ten times [Em] more, Ray [D] boys, it grieved him ten times more.
[G] Oh, Greenland [D] is a [G] dreadful place, it's a place that's [D] never green,
[G] Where there's ice and snow [C] and the [D] whalefishes blow,
And [G] the daylight's seldom seen, Ray [Bm] boys, the [D] daylight's seldom seen.
[G] They signed us [C] weary [D] weathermen [G]
to sail [D] for [G] Greenland shore,
Ray [D] boys, to sail for Greenland shore.
[G]
Our gallant shippers' sails we set on the icy green even [D] ground,
[G] Well, they said we'd take [C] about a store or [D] two a whale
[G]
Before [D] we're six [G] months bound,
Ray boys, [D]
before we're six months bound.
[G] Oh, the lookout up [D] in the cross [G] tree stood [C] with a [G] spyglass in [D] his hand,
[G] There's a whale, there's a whale, [Em] there's a whale, [D] fish he cried,
[G] She blows [D] on [G] every span,
Ray [D] boys, she blows on every span.
[G] The captain stood on the [D] [G] quarter deck with his eye to the icy [D] sea,
[G] Hover, hover, hover, ho, [C] let your dammock [D] tackles fall,
[G] Put your boats [D] on the water [G] cry, ye, Ray boys, put your boats on the [D] water cry, ye.
[G] Well, the boats got down [D] and the [G] crews aboard,
And the whale was full in [D] view,
[G] And the boats [C] unroared, put your bags [D] to the [G] oars,
And steer where [D] the [G] whalefish flew, Ray boys, and steer [Am] where the [D] whalefish flew.
[G]
[D] [G] [C]
[G] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
Ray boys, and steer where the [D] whalefish flew.
[G] Well, the harpoon struck [D] and the line [G] played out,
And the whale gave a thunder [D] with his tail,
[G] And the boat capsized, [C] still in half a [D] dozen men,
[G] And we never did catch that whale, [Em] Ray boys, we never [D] did catch that whale.
[G] To lose those [D] men, the [G] captain said,
Well, [C] it [G] grieves my heart for [D] sore,
[G] But we knew the losing of that [D] hundred-barrel whale,
[G] Well, it grieved him ten times [Em] more, Ray [D] boys, it grieved him ten times more.
[G] Oh, Greenland [D] is a [G] dreadful place, it's a place that's [D] never green,
[G] Where there's ice and snow [C] and the [D] whalefishes blow,
And [G] the daylight's seldom seen, Ray [Bm] boys, the [D] daylight's seldom seen.
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ On the 23rd [D] day of the [G] month of June in the year of [D] 54,
_ [G] They signed us [C] weary _ [D] weathermen [G]
to sail [D] for [G] Greenland shore,
Ray [D] boys, to sail for Greenland shore.
_ [G]
Our gallant shippers' sails we set on the icy green even [D] _ ground,
[G] Well, they said we'd take [C] about a store or [D] two a whale
[G]
Before [D] we're six [G] months bound,
Ray boys, [D]
before we're six months _ bound.
[G] Oh, the lookout up [D] in the cross [G] tree stood [C] with a [G] spyglass in [D] his hand,
[G] There's a whale, there's a whale, [Em] there's a whale, [D] fish he cried,
[G] She blows [D] on [G] every span,
Ray [D] boys, she blows on every span.
[G] The captain stood on the [D] [G] quarter deck with his eye to the icy [D] sea,
[G] Hover, hover, hover, ho, [C] let your dammock [D] tackles fall,
[G] Put your boats [D] on the water [G] cry, ye, Ray boys, put your boats on the [D] water cry, ye.
[G] Well, the boats got down [D] and the [G] crews aboard,
And the whale was full in [D] view,
_ [G] And the boats [C] unroared, put your bags [D] to the [G] oars,
And steer where [D] the [G] whalefish flew, Ray boys, and steer [Am] where the [D] whalefish flew.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ Ray boys, and steer where the [D] whalefish flew.
[G] Well, the harpoon struck [D] and the line [G] played out,
And the whale gave a thunder [D] with his tail,
[G] And the boat capsized, [C] still in half a [D] dozen men,
[G] And we never did catch that whale, [Em] Ray boys, we never [D] did catch that whale.
_ _ _ _ [G] To lose those [D] men, the [G] captain said,
Well, [C] it [G] grieves my heart for [D] _ sore,
[G] But we knew the losing of that [D] hundred-barrel whale,
[G] Well, it grieved him ten times [Em] more, Ray [D] boys, it grieved him ten times _ _ more.
_ _ [G] Oh, _ Greenland [D] is a [G] dreadful place, it's a place that's [D] never _ green,
[G] Where there's ice and snow [C] and the [D] whalefishes blow,
And [G] the daylight's seldom seen, Ray [Bm] boys, the [D] daylight's seldom seen. _ _
_ [G] They signed us [C] weary _ [D] weathermen [G]
to sail [D] for [G] Greenland shore,
Ray [D] boys, to sail for Greenland shore.
_ [G]
Our gallant shippers' sails we set on the icy green even [D] _ ground,
[G] Well, they said we'd take [C] about a store or [D] two a whale
[G]
Before [D] we're six [G] months bound,
Ray boys, [D]
before we're six months _ bound.
[G] Oh, the lookout up [D] in the cross [G] tree stood [C] with a [G] spyglass in [D] his hand,
[G] There's a whale, there's a whale, [Em] there's a whale, [D] fish he cried,
[G] She blows [D] on [G] every span,
Ray [D] boys, she blows on every span.
[G] The captain stood on the [D] [G] quarter deck with his eye to the icy [D] sea,
[G] Hover, hover, hover, ho, [C] let your dammock [D] tackles fall,
[G] Put your boats [D] on the water [G] cry, ye, Ray boys, put your boats on the [D] water cry, ye.
[G] Well, the boats got down [D] and the [G] crews aboard,
And the whale was full in [D] view,
_ [G] And the boats [C] unroared, put your bags [D] to the [G] oars,
And steer where [D] the [G] whalefish flew, Ray boys, and steer [Am] where the [D] whalefish flew.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ Ray boys, and steer where the [D] whalefish flew.
[G] Well, the harpoon struck [D] and the line [G] played out,
And the whale gave a thunder [D] with his tail,
[G] And the boat capsized, [C] still in half a [D] dozen men,
[G] And we never did catch that whale, [Em] Ray boys, we never [D] did catch that whale.
_ _ _ _ [G] To lose those [D] men, the [G] captain said,
Well, [C] it [G] grieves my heart for [D] _ sore,
[G] But we knew the losing of that [D] hundred-barrel whale,
[G] Well, it grieved him ten times [Em] more, Ray [D] boys, it grieved him ten times _ _ more.
_ _ [G] Oh, _ Greenland [D] is a [G] dreadful place, it's a place that's [D] never _ green,
[G] Where there's ice and snow [C] and the [D] whalefishes blow,
And [G] the daylight's seldom seen, Ray [Bm] boys, the [D] daylight's seldom seen. _ _