The Pogues - Greenland Whale Fisheries

      
 
 ***Greenland Whale Fisheries - Traditional - Arr. The Pogues
 from the album "Red Roses For Me"
 
 Lyrics taken from http://www.shanemacgowan.com
 There's only two main parts to this song.
 
 Greenland Whale Fisheries - as perfomed by The Pogues
 
 Intro:
 G G G G               
  - strum quickly
 
 G G G G 
    
 C C C C 
    
 G G G G 
    
 C D G G 
    
 
 G                       D     G  
 In eighteen hundred and forty-six
    C         G          D  
 On March the eighteenth day
    G                         C              
 We hoisted our colors to the top of the mast
 G       C         D      G           D   
 And for Greenland sailed away, brave boys
 G       C         D      G   
 And for Greenland sailed away
 
 The lookout in the crosstrees stood
 With spyglass in his hand
 There's a whale, there's a whale
 And a whalefish he cried
 And she blows at every span, brave boys
 She blows at every span
 
 The captain stood on the quarter deck
 The ice was in his eye
 Overhaul, overhaul! Let your gibsheets fall
 And you'll put your boats to sea, brave boys
 And you'll put your boats to sea
 
 Our harpoon struck and the line played out
 With a single flourish of his tail
 He capsized the boat and we lost five men
 And we did not catch the whale, brave boys
 And we did not catch the whale
 
 Break: repeat X 2
 G G G G 
    
 C C C C 
    
 G G G G 
    
 C D G G 
    
 
 The losing of those five jolly men
 It grieved the captain sore
 But the losing of that fine whalefish
 Now it grieved him ten times more, brave boys
 Now it grieved him ten times more
 
 Now Greenland is a barren land
 A land that bares no green
 Where there's ice and snow, and the whalefishes blow
 And the daylight's seldom seen, brave boys
 And the daylight's seldom seen
 
 Outro: repeat X 2
 G G G G 
    
 C C C C 
    
 G G G G 
    
 C D G G