Guitar Chords & Tab: Whaling

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Whaling  - DD Smash (Dave Dobbyn)

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Transcribed by John Kean, based on an earlier version by Sandy Davidson.

4/4 time.

INTRO:

Guitar plays:

   C                        G        F/A             C

   ,     ,     ,     ,      ,     ,     ,     ,      ,     ,     ,     ,

||------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

||-------1--3--3s5s3-1----|-------0-h1-----1-------|-------1--3--3s5s5-1----|

||----0-----------------0-|----0--------0----------|----0-----------------0-|

||------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

||-3----------------------|----------0--------0--2-|-3----------------------|

||------------------------|-3----------------------|------------------------|

             G           F/A                     C

             ,       ,       ,       ,           ,     ,     ,     ,

          ||---------------------3---3h5p3p0---|-3-----------------------|

   Violin ||-----------------------------------|----5--3-----3--5--------|

(arranged ||-----------------------------------|----------5--------5--4--|

      for ||-----------------------------------|-------------------------|

  another ||-----------------------------------|-------------------------|

  guitar) ||-----------------------------------|-------------------------|

           :                                   :                         :

           :                                   :                         :

           |-----------------------------------|-------------------------|

    First  |---------0--h1-------1-------------|-------1--3--3s5s3-1-----|

   guitar  |-----0-----------0-----------------|----0-----------------0--|

continues  |-----------------------------------|-------------------------|

           |-------------0----------0------2---|-3-----------------------|

           |-3---------------------------------|-------------------------|

  G        F/A             C                         G        F/A

  ,     ,     ,     ,      ,     ,     ,     ,       ,     ,     ,     ,

|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||

|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||

|-------5-----------4----|-------------------------|------------------------||

|----------7-------------|-5-----------------------|------------------------||

|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||

|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||

:                        :                         :                        :

:                        :                         :                        :

|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||

|-------0-h1-----1-------|-------1---3--3s5s3-1----|-------0-h1-----1-------||

|----0--------0----------|----0------------------0-|----0--------0----------||

|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||

|----------0--------0--2-|-3-----------------------|----------0--------0--2-||

|-3----------------------|-------------------------|-3----------------------||

                                                                       Sing

VERSE 1:

    C                        G        F/A             C

    ,     ,     ,     ,      ,     ,     ,     ,      ,     ,     ,     ,

||--------0-----------0----|-------3----------------|-------0-----------0----|

||--------1-----------1----|-------0--------1-------|-------1-----------1----|

||*-------0-----------0----|-------0----------------|-------0-----------0----|

||*------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

||--3--------------3-------|----------0--------0--2-|-3--------------3-------|

||-------------------------|-3----------------------|------------------------|

   "Bravo bravo!"                            You're a brave brave man

    ship can't handle                          The    heavy        seas

  G        F/A             C                        G        F/A

  ,     ,     ,     ,      ,     ,     ,     ,      ,     ,     ,     ,

|-------3----------------|-------0-----------0----|-------3-----------------|

|-------0--------1-------|-------1-----------1----|-------0--------1--------|

|-------0----------------|-------0-----------0----|-------0-----------------|

|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|

|----------0--------0--2-|-3--------------3-------|----------0--------0--2--|

|-3----------------------|------------------------|-3-----------------------|

                    I know   it's just bravado                        Never

                    Your   spirit will get you through                   No

  C                        G        F/A

  ,     ,     ,     ,      ,     ,     ,     ,

|-------0-----------0----|-------3-----------------||

|-------1-----------1----|-------0--------1--------||

|-------0-----------0----|-------0----------------*||

|------------------------|------------------------*||

|-3--------------3-------|----------0--------0--2--||

|------------------------|-3-----------------------||

  sink 'cause you swim                    And when your

  down on bended knees

VERSE 2:

          C                   G     F

You sing "Save me, save me"

        C            G    F

Save me from myself

        C                           G    F

I'm the first to get trigger happy

             C                       G     F

The first to think of my own health

CHORUS:

   F

   ,     ,     ,     ,       ,     ,     ,     ,

||-------------------------|-------------------------|

||-------------------------|-------------------------|

||-------------------------|-------------------------|

||-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|

||-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|

||-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--|

'Cause I'm,          oh      I'm...         Cause I'm

C

Whaling, out on the green

     F

I'll never get used to the sea

        C

But I'm whaling, manning my harpoon

F

Not where I wanted to be

        C

But I'm whaling, I feel like Jonah

F

Never meaning you no harm

        C

But I'm whaling, next port of call

F

Back in my sweet babys arms

     G (single strum)  G (single strum)  G (single strum)

In a room,             close,            savouring our love  while we got

                            ,       ,       ,       ,

                         ||---------------------3---3h5p3p0-|

                  Violin ||---------------------------------|

               (arranged ||---------------------------------|

             for another ||---------------------------------|

                 guitar) ||---------------------------------|

                         ||---------------------------------|

  F                       :                                 :

  ,     ,     ,     ,     :                                 :

|-------------------------|---------------------------------|

|-------------------------|---------------------------------|

|-------------------------|---------------------------------|

|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|

|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|

|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---|

  Rest  and   recrea-                                 tion

  C                         G        F/A             C

  ,     ,     ,     ,       ,     ,     ,     ,      ,     ,     ,     ,

|-3-----------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|

|----5--3-----3--5--------|------------------------|-------------------------|

|----------5--------5--4--|-------5-----------4----|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|----------7-------------|-5-----------------------|

|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|

:                         :                        :                         :

:                         :                        :                         :

|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|

|-------1--3--3s5s3-1-----|-------0-h1-----1-------|-------1--3--3s5s3-1-----|

|----0-----------------0--|----0--------0----------|----0-----------------0--|

|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|

|-3-----------------------|----------0--------0--2-|-3-----------------------|

|-------------------------|-3----------------------|-------------------------|

  G           F/A                     C

  ,       ,       ,       ,           ,     ,     ,     ,

|---------------------3---3h5p3p0---|-3-----------------------|

|-----------------------------------|----5--3-----3--5--------|

|-----------------------------------|----------5--------5--4--|

|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|

:                                   :                         :

:                                   :                         :

|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|

|---------0--h1-------1-------------|-------1--3--3s5s3-1-----|

|-----0-----------0-----------------|----0-----------------0--|

|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|

|-------------0----------0------2---|-3-----------------------|

|-3---------------------------------|-------------------------|

  G        F/A             C                         G        F/A

  ,     ,     ,     ,      ,     ,     ,     ,       ,     ,     ,     ,

|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||

|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||

|-------5-----------4----|-------------------------|------------------------||

|----------7-------------|-5-----------------------|------------------------||

|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||

|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||

:                        :                         :                        :

:                        :                         :                        :

|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||

|-------0-h1-----1-------|-------1---3--3s5s3-1----|-------0-h1-----1-------||

|----0--------0----------|----0------------------0-|----0--------0----------||

|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||

|----------0--------0--2-|-3-----------------------|----------0--------0--2-||

|-3----------------------|-------------------------|-3----------------------||

VERSE 3:

Ooh you sing "Bravo bravo"

Save me from myself

I'm the first to get trigger happy

The first to think of my own health

CHORUS + FADE

Many thanks to the long-lost John Kean for working these out!

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