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Verse 1
(D major) They say he didn't (G major) have an enemy
His was (D major) a greatness to behold (A major) (G major)
(D major) He was the last surviving progeny
The last one on this side of the world (G major)
(D major) He measured half a (A major) mile from tip to tail (G major)
sil (A major) ver and black (D major) with powerful
fins (G major) (D major)
They say he could split
(G major) a mountain in two
That's how we got the Grand (D major) Canyon (G major)
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Some say they saw (A major) him
at the Great (G major) Lakes
Some (D major) say they saw him off the coast
of Florida (A major) (G major)
My mother (D major) said she saw him in Chinatown (G major)
(D major) but you can't always trust your mother. (G major)
(D major) Off the Carolinas the sun
shines (G major) brightly in the day
(A major) The light (D major) house glows
ghostly (G major) there are night
(D major) The chief of a loc (A major) al tribe had killed
a racist may (G major) or's son (A major)
(D major) and he'd been on death row
since (G major) (D major) 1958
The mayor's kid was (A major) a rowdy pig (G major)
spit on Indi (A major) ans and lots (D major) worse (A major) (G major) (D major)
The old chief buried a hatchet (G major) in his head
life (D major) compared to death
for him seemed (G major) worse
(D major) The tribal brothers gathered
in the light (G major) house to sing (A major)
(D major) and tried to conjure up a storm or (G major) rain
(D major) The harbor parted and the great
(A major) whale (G major) sprang full (D major) up
and (A major) (D major) caused a huge tidal (G major) wave
(D major) The wave crushed the jail
and freed the chief (G major)
(D major) The tribe (G major) let out a (D major) roar (G major)
(D major) The whites were drowned
the brown (G major) s and reds set free (A major)
but sadly (G major) one thing more (D major) (G major)
(D major) Some local yokel member
of the (G major) (D major) NRA
kept a bazooka in (G major) his living room
and think (D major) ing he had the chief
in his sights (G major)
blew the whale's brain (D major) s out with a lead
harpoon (G major) (D major) (A major) (G major) (A major) (D major)
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(D major) Well Americans don't care
for much of anything
(G major) land and (D major) wa ter the least (G major) (D major)
And animal life is low on the
totem pole (G major) (D major)
with human life not worth much
(G major) more than infected yeast
(D major) Americans don't care too much
for beauty (G major)
They'll shit (A major) in a river (D major) ,
dump battery acid in a stream (G major) (A major)
They'll watch (D major) dead rats
wash up on the beach
and (G major) (A major) complain if they (D major) can't swim (G major)
(D major) They say things are done
for the majority (G major)
Don't believe half of what (D major) you see
and none of what you hear (G major)
(A major) It's a lot (D major) like what my painter
friend Donald said to me (G major)
(D major) "Stick a fork in their ass and turn them over,
they're done" (G major)
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Last Great American Whale
Lou Reed
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