The Weary Whaling Grounds - A.l. Lloyd Chords
Chords: Dm, C, Cadd9, Am
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Genre: folk, protest song, maritime
This recording is Acapella, these are the chords I play on my Banjo.
Ultimately the root chords are only Dm
and C. I recommend playing this picked with a strong backbeat with
flicks/hammer ons to give it that capstan/
shanty feel. The original recording is between tunings, try tuning up just
shy of a quarter step, roughly +40
cents.
Please do enjoy!
[Verse 1]
Dm C Dm C Dm
If I had the wings of a gull, my boys,
C Cadd9 Dm
I would spread ’em and fly home.
Dm C Dm C Dm
I’d leave old Greenland’s icy grounds
C Am Dm
For of right whales there is none.
[Verse 2]
Dm C Dm C Dm
And the weather’s rough and the winds do blow
C Cadd9 Dm
And there’s little comfort here.
Dm C Dm C Dm
I’d sooner be snug in a Deptford pub,
C Am Dm
A-drinkin’ of strong beer.
[Verse 3]
Dm C Dm C Dm
Oh, a man must be mad or want money bad
C Cadd9 Dm
To venture catchin’ whales.
Dm C Dm C Dm
For we may be drowned when the fish turns around
C Am Dm
Or our head be smashed by his tail.
[Verse 4]
Dm C Dm C Dm
Though the work seems grand to the young green hand,
C Cadd9 Dm
And his heart is high when he goes,
Dm C Dm C Dm
In a very short burst he’d as soon hear a curse
C Am Dm
As the cry of: “There she blows!”
[Verse 5]
Dm C Dm C Dm
“All hands on deck now, for God’s sake,
C Cadd9 Dm
Move briskly if you can.”
Dm C Dm C Dm
And he stumbles on deck, so dizzy and sick;
C Am Dm
For his life he don’t give a damn.
[Verse 6]
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