Whaling Stories
Procol HarumVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
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: (,,, , ,) ://:
+5-5 ://: +5-5 ://: Bass ,,,,,,,
Lightning struck out - fire and brimstone!
Boiling oil and shrieking steam!
Darkness struck with molten fury, flashbulbs glorified the scene
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(,,, , ,)x12 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
Those alive will meet the prophets, those at peace shall see G
their wake
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Readable chord sheet for Whaling Stories by Procol Harum
[Eb] [Dm] [G] [Bbm] [Bm]Pailing w[F#m]ell a[Em]fter sixteen [Bm]days, a m[Bm]amm[D]oth t[F#m]ask [C#]was [Dm]set [A] [Bb] [Bm]Sack the t[F#m]own, [Em/G]and rob the t[Bm]ower,[Em] and [Bm]ste[F#]al the alp[Em/G]habet[F#] [Bm] [D] [B/D#] [Em] [Em]Close the d[Bm]oor[D] and [Am/C]bar the [Em/B]gate, but k[Em]eep the [Bm]windows c[Dm]lean [Ebdim] [Em]God's al[Bm]ive[D] ins[Am/C]ide a [Em]movi[G]e! [C] [Em/B]Watch the silver s[Am]creen! [Em] [E/G#] [A]Rum was served t[C]o all the t[G]raitors; py[D]gmies held t[F]hemselves [F]in c[C]heck [Am]Bloodhounds nosed[Em/G] around the h[Bm]ouses, d[Em]own dark al[Bm]leys[D] s[Em]ailors cr[Bm]ept [D] [Em]Six bells s[A]truck, the [Em]pot was b[A]oiling - s[Am]oup spilled o[D]ut[Am] on passers-[D]by [Bm]Angels m[E]umbled[Bm] incant[E]ations, c[Em]losely [Bm]wat[F#]ched by God on h[Cmaj7]igh [Em] [Em] [D] [C] [Em] 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! [Dm]Dar[A]kness struck with molten fury, [Bb]flashbulbs glorified the scene [Bass] [C] [D] [Eb] [F] [F#] [G] [A] [Bb] [Cm]Not a man who had a finger, no[C#]t a man who could be seen [Dm]Nothing called (not name nor number) -[Eb] Echo stormed its final [Em]scream Solo over BAss([E],[F#],[G], [A] [Bb] [C], [C#],[D])x12 [Eb] [G] x2 [Eb]Daybreak [Bb/F]washed with [Gm]sands of g[G]ladness, ro[Gm]tting [Eb]all it rotted [Cm]clean [Eb]Windows pe[Bb/F]eped o[Gm]ut on their nei[G]ghbors, [Gm]inside [Gm7]fireside be[Csus4]dsides gleam [F] [Bb]SHALIMAR, the t[F]rumpets c[Eb]hor[Bb]use[F]d, a[G]ngels wholly a[D]ll shall [C]ta-[G]a-[D] ake [B]Those alive [Ab]wil[C]l [Ebdim]meet the p[Em]rophet[Dadd9]s, [C5] t[G/B]hose [G]at [Bm]peace shall [D]see G their wake