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(Start with an Am intro, the strum is easy)
LAm MI
We are two Mariners, our ship's sole survivors, in this belly of a whale
MI
It's ribs our ceiling beams, it's guts our carpeting, I guess we have some time
LAm
to kill. You may not remember me, I was a child of three, and you a lad of
MI
eighteen. But I remember you, and I will relate to you, how our histories
LAm
interweave.
FAm LAm FAm
At the time you were a rake and a rastabout. Spending all your money on the
MI FAm MI
whores and hounds. Oh-oh
LAm
You had a charming air, all cheap and debonair, my widowed mother found so
MI
sweet. And so she took you in, her sheets still warm with him, now filled
LAm
with filth and fowl disease.
FAm LAm FAm
As time wore on you proved a debt-ridden drunken mess. Leaving my mother a
MI FAm MI
poor consumptive wretch. Oh-oh
LAm
And then you disappeared. Your gambling arrears, the only thing you left
MI
behind. And then the magistrate, reclaimed our small estate, and my poor
LAm
mother lost her mind.
FAm LAm FAm
Then one day in spring my dear, sweet mother died. But before she did I took
MI FAm MI
her hand as she dying cried, Oh-oh,
FAm LAm
"Find him, bind him, tie him to a pole and break his fingers to splinters,
FAm
drag him to a hole until he wakes up, naked, clawing at the ceiling of his
MI FAm MI
grave, oh-oh." (Little Am fill right here)
LAm
It took me fifteen years to swallow all my tears, among the urchins in the
MI
street. And then a priory, took pity and hired me to keep their vestry nice
LAm
and neat.
Fm (c-ish) Am(c-ish) Fm(c-ish)
But never once in the employ of these holy men, did I ever once turn my mind
E(c-ish) Fm E
from the thought of revenge. Oh-oh.
Am(harsh double strum for this part)
One night I overheard, the prior exchanging words with a penetant whaler from
E(smooth) E(harsh double strum)
the sea. The captain of his ship, who matched you toe to tip, was known for a
Am(smooth)
wanton cruelty.
FAm LAm
The following day I shipped to sea with the privateer. And in the whistle of
MI FAm MI
the wind I could almost hear, oh-oh.
FAm LAm
"Find him, bind him, tie him to a pole and break his fingers to splinters,
FAm
drag him to a whole until he wakes up, naked, clawing at the ceiling of his
MI
grave.
DO SOL DO SOL LAm
There is one thing I must say to you, as you sail across the sea. Always your
MIm FAm MI
mother will watch over you, as you avenge this wicked deed.
Middle section: Am-E-Fm-E
LAm MI
And then one fateful night, we had you in our sights, after 20 months at sea.
Your starboard flank abeam, I was getting my muskets clean, when came this
LAm
rumbling from beneath.
Fm(c-ish) Am(c-ish) Fm(c-ish)
The ocean shook, the sky went black and the captain quailed. And before us
E (candenza) Fm E
grew the angry jaws of a giant whale, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh
LAm
Don't know how I survived, the crew all was chewed alive, I must have slipped
MI
between his teeth. But oh what providence, what divine intelligence, that you
LAm
should survive as well as me.
FAm LAm FAm
It gives my heart great joy to see your eyes fill with fear. So lean in close
MI FAm MI
and I will whisper the last words you'll hear, oh-oh
(Solo at end,all on high E)
E--8--7--8--7--8-7-5-7-8-7-5-7x2
E--8--7--8--7--8-7-5-7-8-5-7-8--12(hold)-10-8-7-5-8-7
(repeat until end of song, get faster and faster each time)
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