Key: Gb major
Verse 1
Em
D
Em
Twas 1824, on March the 18th day,
We hoist our colours
Em
D
And to Greenland sailed
away brave boys,
E
Em
D
And to Greenland sailed away.
Em
D
Now the lookout on
Em
D
the main mast stood,
Em
E
With a spy glass in his hand,
Em
D
There's a whale, there's a whale,
E
B
a whale fish he cried,
Em
D
and she blows at every span,
A
brave boys,
D
Em
D
and she blows at every span.
Now the harpoons struck
Em
D
an d the lines played out,
Em
D
she capsized our boat
Em
E
B
and we lost five men,
Bm
D
And we could not catch that whale,
whale.
E
D
Oh, Greenland is a barren place,
E
Em
D
Em
it's a place that bears no green,
E
D
where there's ice and snow,
E
B
Bm
and the whale fish blow,
A
brave boys,
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