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From: KEANJ@agresearch.cri.nz (John Kean)
Whaling - DD Smash (Dave Dobyn)
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Transcribed by John Kean (keanj@agresearch.cri.nz)
based on an earlier version by Sandy Davidson (sandy@waikato.ac.nz).
4/4 time.
INTRO:
Guitar plays:
C G F/A C
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||------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
||-------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
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||---------------------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
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|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------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
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||--------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
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|-------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
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|-------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
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/d_d_smash/whaling_tab.html ]
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
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||-------------------------|-------------------------|
||-------------------------|-------------------------|
||-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
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||---------------------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
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|-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
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|---------------------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
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|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------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
\\\\ John Kean
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