Song Of The Whale chords and lyrics - ERIC BOGLE

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[Verse 1]
[D]The[C] sa[D]dde[C]st[D][C][D]
[C]sound I've [D]ever [C]heard
Is [D]the song of the [C]hump- backed [A]whale
His [D]moans and [C]sighs and his [D]eerie [C]cries
Sing [D]a sad fa[C]miliar [D]tale
For he sighs and blows as [C]if he [D]knows
His race is nearly run
[G]And tha[D]t soon with all[C]
of his [D]kind he'll [C]fall
Be[D]fore [C]the whaler's [D]gun.
[C][D]

[Verse 2]
For every [C]living [D]thing on [C]earth
[D]Nature mad[C]e a spa[A]ce
Each a [D]living [C]strand of [D]a fragile [C]plan
That can [D]never [C]be re[D]placed
And not from need,
but from [C]wanton [D]greed
Man has torn down nature's [G]web
With [D]greed pos[C]sessed he [D]will not [C]rest
[D]Till the last of the [C]whales is [D]dead.
[C]

[Verse 3]
[D]
In my mind's [C]eye I can [D]see them [C]die
As the [D]whaler [C]finds his [A]mark
Hear [D]the muffled [C]boom of [D]the cruel harpoon
[C]As it bla[D]sts their liv[C]es apa[D]rt
I see the flood of their [C]rich dark [D]blood
As it stains the ocean [G]red
And that [D]bloody [C]green
will [D]not wash [C]clean
Till the [D]last of the [C]whales is
[D]dead.
[C][D]

[Verse 4]
The saddest [C]sound I've [D]ever [C]heard
Is [D]the song of the [C]hump- backed [A]whale
His [D]moans and [C]sighs and his [D]eerie [C]cries
[D]Sing a sad fa[C]miliar [D]tale
For he sighs and blows as [C]if he [D]knows
His race is nearly [G]run
And that [D]soon with [C]all of his [D]kind he'll [C]fall
Be[D]fore [C]the whaler's [D]gun.

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