Key: F major
Verse 1
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God, a whale of a tale,
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A whale of a tale or two
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the girls I've loved
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On nights like this with the moon above
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A whale of a tale, and it's all true
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I swear by my tattoo
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There was Mermaid Minnie
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Her flame of love died out
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I swapped him for a trout
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Got a whale of a tale to tell you that
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About the flappin' fish and the girls I loved
On nights like this with the moon above
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I'll wail out the tale and it's all true
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I swear by my tattoo
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There was Typhoon Tessie
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When we kissed I bubbled
up like molten lava
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Then she gave me the scare
Blow me down and pick me up,
she was a captain's wife.
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God, a whale of a tale to tell you that's,
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Bop -boppin' fish and the girls
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I bump on nights like this
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with the moon above.
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A whale of a tale and it's all true,
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I swear by my tattoo.
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There
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was Harpoon Hannah,
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my heart quivered when she whispered,
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hi there stranger,
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sailors can't afford,
and when I spent my last red cent,
she tossed me overboard.
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Got a wave, a wave of a tail,
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But the black men fish and the girls I love
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love nights like this with
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the moon above.
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A wave of a tail and it's all true,
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I swear by my tattoo.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD G A Ab Eb
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