The Pogues - Greenland Whale Fisheries guitar tab

***Greenland Whale Fisheries - Traditional - Arr. The Pogues

from the album "Red Roses For Me"

Lyrics taken from http://www.shanemacgowan.com

There's only two main parts to this song.

Greenland Whale Fisheries - as perfomed by The Pogues

Intro:

[G][G][G][G] - strum quickly

[G] [G] [G] [G]

[C] [C] [C] [C]

[G] [G] [G] [G]

[C] [D] [G] [G]

G D G

In eighteen hundred and forty-six

C G D

On March the eighteenth day

G C

We hoisted our colors to the top of the mast

G C D G D

And for Greenland sailed away, brave boys

G C D G

And for Greenland sailed away

The lookout in the crosstrees stood

With spyglass in his hand

There's a whale, there's a whale

And a whalefish he cried

And she blows at every span, brave boys

She blows at every span

The captain stood on the quarter deck

The ice was in his eye

Overhaul, overhaul! Let your gibsheets fall

And you'll put your boats to sea, brave boys

And you'll put your boats to sea

Our harpoon struck and the line played out

With a single flourish of his tail

He capsized the boat and we lost five men

And we did not catch the whale, brave boys

And we did not catch the whale

Break: repeat X 2

[G] [G] [G] [G]

[C] [C] [C] [C]

[G] [G] [G] [G]

[C] [D] [G] [G]

The losing of those five jolly men

It grieved the captain sore

But the losing of that fine whalefish

Now it grieved him ten times more, brave boys

Now it grieved him ten times more

Now Greenland is a barren land

A land that bares no green

Where there's ice and snow, and the whalefishes blow

And the daylight's seldom seen, brave boys

And the daylight's seldom seen

Outro: repeat X 2

[G] [G] [G] [G]

[C] [C] [C] [C]

[G] [G] [G] [G]

[C] [D] [G] [G]