Mother Whale Eyeless chords by Brian Eno

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Note - no chords for the intro and verses just single notes

Tab for the intro and verses:
C majorC C majorC | C majorC C | C majorC C | C majorC C | C majorC A#A#
|: A#A# A# C majorC | C majorC C | C majorC C | C majorC C | C majorC A#A# :| x3

Intro:
N.C. (tab)

Verse 1:
N.C. (tab)
I can think of nowhere
I would rather be
Reading morning papers
Drinking morning tea

Chorus:
  G+G
She clutches the tray
               D MajorD
And then we talk just like a kitchen sink play
    A#A#        FF
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
G+G
Living so close to danger
D MajorD
Even your friends are strangers
A#A#             FF
Don't count upon their company

Verse 2:
N.C. (tab)
This is for the fingers
This is for the nails
Hidden in the kitchen
Right behind the scales

Chorus:
G+G
What do I care
              D MajorD
I'm wasting fingers like I had them to spare
     A#A#         FF
Plugging holes in the Zuiderzee
G+G
Punishing Paul for Peter
D MajorD
Don't ever trust those meters
A#A#              FF
What you believe is what you see

Organ solo:
G+G D MajorD C majorC  x4

Bridge:
   G+G        D MajorD        C majorC
In my town, there is a raincoat under a tree
    G+G        D MajorD          C majorC
In the sky, there is a cloud containing the sea
    G+G        D MajorD         C majorC
In the sea, there is a whale without any eyes
    G+G        D MajorD          C majorC
In the whale, there is a man without his raincoat

Verse 3:
N.C. (tab)
In another country
With another name
Maybe things are different
Maybe they're the same

Solo:
G+G D MajorD A#A# FF x2

Chorus 2:
G+G
Back on the trail
              D MajorD
The seven soldiers read the papers and mail
    A#A#        FF
But the news, it doesn't change
G+G
Swinging about through creepers
D MajorD
Parachutes caught on steeples
A#A#             FF
Heroes are born, but heroes die
G+G
Just a few days
              D MajorD
A augmentedA little practice and some holiday pay
     A#A#          FF
We're all sure you'll make the grade
G+G
Mother of God, if you care
D MajorD
We're on a train to nowhere
A#A#             FF
Please put a cross upon our eyes

Outro:
G+G
Take me
             D MajorD
I'm nearly ready, you can take me
    A#A#       FF
To the raincoat in the sky
G+G
Take me
            D MajorD
My little pastry mother take me
     A#A#       FF
There's a pie shop in the sky

G+G D MajorD A#A# FF
(fade)