Greenland Whale Fisheries Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]In [C]eig[G]hte[C]en[D][G][D]
[G]hundred [D]and forty- [G]six
[D]And of [C]March the [G]eight[D]eenth day,
We [G]hoisted our colors to
[C]the top of the mast
And for [G]Greenland [D]sailed away,
[G]brave boys,
And for Green[D]land sailed
[G]away.

[Verse 2]
[G]The lookout [D]in [G]the[D] crosstrees sto[G]od
With [C]spyglass [G]in [D]his hand;
There's a [G]whale, there's a whale,
And [C]a whalefish he cried
And she [G]blows [D]at every [G]span, brave boys
She blows at [D]every [G]span.

[Verse 3]
The [G]captain stood [D]on the quarter deck,
The [C]ice was [D]in his eye[G];
Overhaul, overhaul! Let [C]your gibsheets fall,
And you'll [G]put [D]your boats to sea,
[G]brave boys
And you'll put your [D]boats to [G]sea.

[Verse 4]
Our [G]harpoon struck [D]and
the line played [G]out,
With a [C]single [D]flourish of his tail,
He cap[G]sized the boat
and we [C]lost five men,
And we [G]did [D]not catch the [G]whale,
brave boys,
And we did [D]not catch [G]the whale.

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 5]
The [G]losing of those [D]five jolly [G]men,
[D]It gri[C]eved the cap[G]tain sor[D]e,
But the [G]losing of that [C]fine whalefish
Now it [G]grieved [D]him ten times [G]more,
brave boys
Now it grieved him [D]ten
times [G]more.

[Verse 6]
[G]Oh Greenland is [D]a barren l[G]and
A [C]land that [G]bares [D]no green
Where there's [G]ice and snow,
and [C]the whalefishes blow
And the [G]day[D]light's seldom [G]seen,
brave boys
And the day[D]light's seldom

[Outro 1]
seen.
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