Whaling Stories Lyrics

08 Whaling stories
Intro: Eb Dm G Bbm
Pailing well after sixteen days, a mammoth task was set
Sack the town, and rob the tower, and steal the alphabet
Close the door and bar the gate, but keep the windows clean
God's alive inside a movie! Watch the silver screen!
Rum was served to all the traitors; pygmies held themselves in check
Bloodhounds nosed around the houses, down dark alleys sailors crept
Six bells struck, the pot was boiling - soup spilled out on passers-by
Angels mumbled incantations, closely watched by God on high
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!
Darkness struck with molten fury, flashbulbs glorified the scene
Bass: C,D,Eb,F,F#,G,A,Bb
Not a man who had a finger, not a man who could be seen
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
Daybreak washed with sands of gladness, rotting all it rotted clean
Windows peeped out on their neighbors, inside fireside bedsides gleam
SHALIMAR, the trumpets chorused, angels wholly all shall ta-a- ake
ad
Those alive will meet the prophets, those at peace shall see G
their wake