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Procol Harum - Whaling Stories tab
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08 Whaling stories Intro: Eb Dm G Bbm Bm F#m Em Bm Bm/D F#m/C# Dm A/A# Pailing well after sixteen days, a mammoth task was set Bm F#m Em/G Bm Em Bm/F# Em/G F# Bm D B/D# Em Sack the town, and rob the tower, and steal the alphabet Em Bm/D Am/C Em/B Em Bm Dm Ebdim Close the door and bar the gate, but keep the windows clean Em Hm/D Am/C Em/ G C Em/B Am Em E/G# God's alive inside a movie! Watch the silver screen! A C G D F F C Rum was served to all the traitors; pygmies held themselves in check Am Em/G Bm Em Bm /D Em Bm /D Bloodhounds nosed around the houses, down dark alleys sailors crept Em A Em A Am D Am D Six bells struck, the pot was boiling - soup spilled out on passers-by Bm E Bm E Em Bm/F# Cmaj7 Em Angels mumbled incantations, closely watched by God on high Em D C Em [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/p/procol-harum/79356.html ] Bass: Em (E,F#,G, A Bb C, C#,D) D ://: Em +5-5 ://: F#m +5-5 ://: Bass G,A,Bb,C,C#,D,E,F# Lightning struck out - fire and brimstone! Boiling oil and shrieking steam! Dm/A Bb Darkness struck with molten fury, flashbulbs glorified the scene Bass: C,D,Eb,F,F#,G,A,Bb Cm Db Not a man who had a finger, not a man who could be seen Dm Eb Em Nothing called (not name nor number) - Echo stormed its final scream Solo over BAss(E,F#,G, A Bb C, C#,D)x12 Eb G x2 Eb Bb/F Gm G Gm Eb Cm Daybreak washed with sands of gladness, rotting all it rotted clean Eb Bb/F Gm G Gm Gm7 C4 F Windows peeped out on their neighbors, inside fireside bedsides gleam Bb F Eb Bb F G D C G D SHALIMAR, the trumpets chorused, angels wholly all shall ta-a- ake B Ab/C Ebdim Em Dadd9 C5 G/B G Bm D Those alive will meet the prophets, those at peace shall see G their wake  |