Save The Whales - Country Joe Mcdonald Chords
Chords: D, C
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Genre: folk, protest song, acoustic
[Play D chord with first string open and only the 2nd and 3rd string fretted.
Play C as normal]
[Intro]
[Hammer on the 3rd string of the D while alternating the strum between the 3r
d and 4th string]
D C D C D C D C D C D
[Verse 1]
D C
When my grandpa was a boy, he went down to the general store
D C D
Saw a picture book of a whale shooting its spout and flashin' its tail
D C
Then he got a sailor's dream 'bout cruisin' around on the salty sea
D C D
Joinin' up with a fishin' crew to go out and get him a whale or two
D C
Tell me what kind of men are these who sail upon the salty seas
D C D
Up in the rigging in the afternoon, swabbin' the decks and sharpenin'
harpoons
[Chorus]
D C
Hooray and up she rises, hooray and up she rises
D C D
Hooray and up she rises, early in the morning
[Verse 2]
D C
There're lots of whales in the deep blue sea, we kill them for the industry
D C D
We drag 'em 'longside and cut'em in two and melt 'em down and sell 'em to you
D C
There hardly is a sailor alive who can keep the tears from his eyes
D C D
As he remembers the good old days when there were no whales to save
D C
Now you thank the companies for scouring the deep blue seas
D C D
Looking for ivory and perfume and Oil to light your living room
[Chorus]
D C
Hooray and up she rises, hooray and up she rises
D C D
Hooray and up she rises, early in the morning
[Instrumental]
D C D C D C D C D C D
[Verse 3]
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