Shark Fin Blues - The Drones
From - Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By (2005)
Tabbed - Jucko
Tuning: EADGBe
Chords used, where there's no
AEm7G5/F#G5DBmCB5G* D* A* D'
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|-2--3---x-----3--3--3--5-----8--3--10-15-|
|-2--0---0-----0--2--4--5--4--7--2--9--14-|
|-2--2---0-----0--0--4--5--4--------------|
|-0--2---x-----x-----2--3--2--------------|
|--------2-----3--------------------------|
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IntroDGD
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|-----2---2-------2-2---2---------2---2---0----------------2------|
|-0h2-----2h4---4-2-0-----0h2-2---2h4-4-4-0-------0h2-2p0--4------|
|--------------------------------------------------------0-5------|
|---------------------------------------------3-------------------|
Dmaj7/F#D
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|-------------------2-------2---------2---2-------2-2---------2---|
|---------------------0-------0---0h2-----2h4---4-2-0-0---0h2-----|
|--------\4-------------------------------------------------------|
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GDDmaj7/F#
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|---------3-------------------------------------2-------2-------2--|
|-2---2---0---------------2-------------------------2-------2------|
|-2h4-4-4-0-------0h2-2p0-4---------------------------0-------0----|
|-------------------------5--------------\4------------------------|
|-------------3----------------------------------------------------|
BmEmDDmaj7
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|-----------------------------------------2-------2-------2-2-2-2--|
|-------------0---------------0---0h2-2---0-------0-------0-0-0-0--|
|---------0h2-------------0h2---2----------------------------------|
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DDmaj7D
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|-3-2-2-2-2-3-----|
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Verse 1AEm7
Standing on the deck I watch my shadow stretch
G5D
The sun pours my shadow upon the deck
AEm7
The waters licking round my ankles now
G5D
There ain't no sun shine way way down
Verse 2AEm7
I see the sharks in the water like slicks of ink
G5D
Well, there's one there bigger than a submarine
AEm7
As he circles I look in his eyes
G5D
I see Jonah in his belly by the camp fire light
ChorusAEm7
Lord albatross up in the windy lofts,
G5/F#G5D
Yeah he's beating his wings while he sleeps it off
AEm7
I hear the jettisoned cries from his dream unkind,
G5/F#G5D
Yeah there whippin' my ears like a riding crop
AEm7
Well, the captain once as able as a fink daddy
G5/F#G5D
He's now laid up in the gallery like a dried out mink
AEm7
He's laying dying of thirst and he says or I think
G5/F#G5D
We're gonna be alone from here on in
Em7
Well you're all my brothers
D
And you have been kind
Em7D
But what were you expecting to find?
G5
Now your eyes turn inward
Bm
Countenance turned blank
C
And I'm floating away on a barrel of pain
B5
It looks like nothing but the sea and sky remain
SoloAEm7G5/F#G5
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|-5---5-5-5-5-5-7-5---3-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------4~------4-------4/6-----6h7-----7-6-6-4-|
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DA
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|-4---2-------------------2h4-----6-7--/9-------------------------|
|---------4-------2h4---------------------------------------------|
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Em7G5/F#GD
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|---------------------------------8---10--12--13--13fb------------|
|-6-------6---7---7---9---9fb-------------------------------------|
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AEm7G5/F#
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|-----------------2---2---2-0-2-3-2---0-----------3---------------|
|-----------------2---2-------------------0-------0---------------|
|-----------------2-----------------------2-----------------------|
|-----------------0-----------------------2-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------0---------------2-------|
G5DA
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|-3-----3-3-2-2-2-2---0---3-----------------3-3-3-3-3-----2---2---|
|-0-----------------------2-----------------------2-2-----2---2---|
|-0-----------------------0-------------------------------2---2---|
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|-3---------------------------------------------------------------|
Em7G5/F#G5
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|-2-0-2-3-2---0-----------1---------------3-------3-3-2-2-2-2---0-|
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D
|-2----------------------------------
|-3---(hold the D till bridge)------
|-2----------------------------------
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BridgeAEm7
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah
GD x 4 (last time through,
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah hold D for 4 bars)
ChorusAEm7A harpoon's shaft is short and wide
G5/F#GD
Yea grappling hook's cracked and dry
AEm7
I said, why don't you get down in the sea
G5/F#GD
Oh turn the water red like you want to be?
AEm7
'Cause if I cry another tear I'll be turned to dust
G5/F#GD
No the sharks won't get me but they don't feel loss
AEm7
Keep one eye on the horizon man, you best not blink
G5/F#GD
They're coming fin by fin until the whole boat sinks
OutroAEm7G5/F#GD
Fin by fin, yeah fin by fin
AEm7G5/F#GD
Fin by fin, lord fin by fin by fin by fin
G* G* D* D*
G* A* D* D*
G* A* D' D'
Finish on D
~ = Vibrato
bh = Bend hold
br = Release bend
fb = Full bend
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