Ode To Big Blue Chords

Key: Bm {Opening sequence} Amadd9 Verse 1: Amadd9 The oceans of the world were the home of big blue Amadd9 He was the greatest monster that the world ever knew Amadd9 And the place that he loved best was the waters to the west Em/A Amadd9 Around the blue Pa cific he did roam Verse 2: Amadd9 Big Blue moved alone for a mighty blue was he Amadd9 And the battles of the whales was an awesome sight to see Amadd9 C G Am And he took them one by one and he drove them all away Amadd9 Em/A Amadd9 In the mating of the day he was the king

Verse 3: Amadd9 Big blue had fifty wives and he sired forty sons Amadd9 Though most of them fell victim to the cruel harpoon guns Amadd9 Ah but he was too much wise to get caught by the gunners' eyes Amadd9 Em/A Amadd9 And so he lived at sea a hundred years Verse 4: Amadd9 His mouth was as large as a tunnel so they say Amadd9 His hide was thick as leather and his eyes quick and small Amadd9 And his back was all scarred by the times he got away Amadd9 Em/A Amadd9 And he knew the smell of whalers did Big Blue Verse 5: Amadd9 Big Blue passed away to his natural decay Amadd9 Beside the Arctic Circle as he travelled up that way Amadd9 And there never was a man who was born with a gunner's hand Amadd9 Em/A Amadd9 Who ever took a pan to Big Blue Verse 6: Amadd9 Now the gray whale has run and the sperm is almost done Amadd9 The finbacks and the Greenland rights have all passed and gone Amadd9 They've been taken by the men for the money they could spend Amadd9 Em/A Amadd9 And the killing never ends, it just goes on Verse 7: Amadd9 The oceans of the world were the home of big blue Amadd9 He was the greatest monster that the world ever knew Amadd9 And the place that he loved best was the waters to the west Em/A Amadd9 Around the blue Pa cific he did roam [Closing sequence} all on: Amadd9