Misc Traditional – The Weary Whaling Ground (Guitar)
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The Weary Whaling Grounds from albumn - Sea Shanties: Rousing Songs From the Age of Sails
[Basic Picking Pattern for entire song]
Am C D Am C D e|-----------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------3---------------------------3----3--------| G|---2------0-----2-2-----2----2-------0------2-2--2-2-------| D|--2-2----2-2---0-------2-2--2-2-----2-2----0----0----------| A|-0------3-------------0----0-------3-----------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
[VERSE 1]
N.C Am C D Am C D Oh if I had the wings of a gull, me boys. I would spread them and fly home. Am C D Am C D I'd leave old Greenland's icy grounds for of right whales there are none.
[VERSE 2]
Am C D Am C D And the weather is rough and the winds they do blow, there's little comfort here. Am C D Am C D And I'd sooner be snug in a Bedtford pub, A-drinkin' of strong beer.
[VERSE 3]
Am C D Am C D Oh, a man must be mad or want money bad to venture hunting the whale. Am C D Am C D For he may be drowned when the big fish turns around or our head be smashed by the tail.
[VERSE 4]
Am C D Am C D Though the work seems grand to the young green hand, as he makes up his mind when he goes. Am C D Am C D In a very short burst he'd as soon hear a curse than the cry of: “There she blows!”
[VERSE 5]
Am C D Am C D “All hands on deck now, for God's sake, move briskly if you can.” Am C D Am C D And he stumbles on deck, so dizzy and sick; For his life he don't give a damn.
[VERSE 6]
Am D Am C D And high overhead the great flukes spread, and the mate gives the whale the iron. Am C D Am C D And soon the blood in a purple flood from the spout-hole comes a-flying!
[VERSE 7]
Am C D Am C D All these trials we bear for nigh four years till the flying jib points for home. Am C D Am C D We're supposed for our toil to get a bonus on the oil and an equal share on the bone.
[VERSE 8]
Am C D Am C D But we go to the agent to settle for the trip, And we find we've cause to repent. Am C D Am C D- For we've slaved away four years of our life and earned about three pound ten.
The song is repetative so I sugguest breaking into stiffled chords at times of different intensity.
On the Am you can pull off/hammer on the Asus2 and on the D can utilise similarly the Dsus4 and Dsus2
Am variation D variation e|------------------2h3p2p0h2----------| B|----1p0h1---------3-3-3-3-3----------| G|----2-2-2---------2-2-2-2-2----------| D|----2-2-2---------0-0-0-0-0----------| A|----0-0-0----------------------------| E|-------------------------------------|
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p - Pull-off
h - Hammer-on
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