Humpback Whale Chords by Nic Jones

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_ 56 I sailed on [D] board a [E] ship [A] called Byron One _
She's carried trawler men on deck and a harpoon, whaling gun _ _ _
Oh, you trawler men, come on, [B] forget your [A] snapper and your _ _ prawl
Or it's out of ballon a wheel sail, _ _ fishing for the humpback _ _ _ _ whale
A tractor for a wild wench, [D] and the ship's an [A] old fair _ mile
Twin diesels turn the screws around, she'll whale in a fine old style
Oh, you trawler men, come on, [B] forget your [A] snapper and your prawl
_ Or it's out of ballon a wheel sail, _ _ fishing for the humpback _ whale _
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_ _ _ a sharp lookout, me _ [D] lads, the [E] whale, he's [A] on the run
And we'll drive him into Byron Bay, and we'll shoot him with our gun
_ Oh, you trawler men, come on, forget [E] your [A] snapper and your _ prawl
Or it's out of ballon a wheel sail, _ _ fishing for the humpback _ whale
_ _ _ _ The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ harpoon and the line fly [D] through, very [A] deep into the wild
_ She split the timbers of the ship with a flurry of her tail
_ _ _ Oh, you trawler men, come on, [B] forget [A] your snapper and your prawl
Or it's out of ballon a wheel _ sail, _ _ fishing for the humpback whale
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rigging struts are snapped in two, we [E] reel beneath [A] the blow
_ The gunner fires the killer shot, [Am] and that humpback's sent below
_ Oh, _ [A] you trawler men, come on, forget your snapper and your prawl
Or it's out of ballon a wheel sail, _ _ fishing for the humpback whale _ _ _ _ _
_ Make _ _ _ _ _ her tail fast to the [D] bows, _ we got [A] no time for _ bed
Four and twenty hours each day, we kept that factory _ fed
Oh, you trawler men, come on, forget your snapper and your prawl _
Or it's out of ballon a wheel sail, _ _ fishing for the humpback _ whale _ _ _
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The flens and men upon the [D] land, _ some [E] had been _ [A] _
jackaroos
They skinned the blubber from the wiles, like they're skinning _ _ kangaroos
Oh, you trawler men, come on, [B] forget [A] your snapper and your prawl
Or it's out of ballon a wheel sail, _ _ fishing for the humpback whale _ _
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hundred wiles and then fifty [E] more, through [A] the [E] factory we [A] did send
Then the orders came, knock off me lads, your [B] season's at an end
_ [A] Oh, you trawler men, come on, forget [B] your [A] snapper and your _ prawl
Or it's out of ballon a wheel sail, _ _ fishing for the humpback whale _ _ _ _ _
Back _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ into ballon a we steered, _ tied up and stowed the gear
_ All hands headed for the [D] pub, and we filled [A] [E] ourselves [A] with beer
_ Oh, you trawler men, come on, forget [D] your snapper [A] and your prawl
_ Or it's out of ballon a wheel sail, _ _ _ fishing for the humpback whale _
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