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Whalebones and Crosses chords by John Denver

  • Dm

  • F

  • Am

  • C

  • G

  • Em

  • Bb

  • Esus4

  • E

  • Gm

    3
  • Bsus4

    2
  • B

    2
  • D

  • C#sus4

    4
  • C#

    4
  • G#

    4
  • F#

    2
  • G#m

    4
  • D#

    6
  • D#m

    6
  • Ebsus4

    6
  • Eb

    6
Intro 1
Dm
F
Dm
Verse 1
Dm
Whalebones and crosses
Am
C
G
Am
Stand against the arctic sky
Dm
Wind blows through the graveyard
Am
G
Em
Am
C
Where our fallen fathers lie

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Verse 2
Dm
Bb
Eternal snow that covers them
F
G
The shadows of the sun
C
G
Am
G
The mighty struggle on the seas
Esus4
E
Am
A way of life is run
Dm
Verse 3
I'll sing for you my father
Am
For the ancient sacred ways
Dm
How the hunter loved the hunted
Am
How the night becomes the day
Verse 4
Dm
Bb
Gm
The circle of the mighty spirit
F
G
Keeps us in its fold
C
G
Am
The warmth of understanding
Em
Esus4
Like a light shot
E
through the cold
Am
Verse 5
F
G
Then bring to me my people
Am
Touch them with your
Bsus4
B
loving hands
E
D
Lead them from confusion
C#sus4
C#
G#
Lead them back unto the land
Verse 6
Bsus4
For a sickness seems
F#
to block their path
G#m
D#
It clouds my peoples eyes
G#m
D#m
E
The promise that an idle truth
Ebsus4
Eb
G#m
Will reap a golden lie
Am
Dm
D
Dm
Verse 7
Dm
Whalebones and crosses
Am
Stand against the arctic sky
Dm
The wind blows through
the graveyard
Am
Where our fallen fathers lie
Verse 8
Dm
Bb
The timeless hunt a journey back
F
G
To what we once came from
C
G
Am
G
Compassion and nobil ity
Am
Esus4
E
Am
Beneath the midnight sun
Verse 9
C
G
Am
G
The mighty struggle of the seas
Am
A way of life is run
Dm
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