Gordon Lightfoot - Ode to big blue

The ^Amoceans of the ^Cworld were the ^Ghome of big ^Amblue He ^Cwas the greatest ^Cmaj7monster that the^Em7/A world ever knew And the ^Amplace that he loved ^Cbest --- Was the ^B7waters to the ^Amwest Aro^Cund the blue Pac^Gific he did ^Amroam

Big ^AmBlue moved al^Cone for a ^Gmighty blue was ^Amhe And the ^Cbattles of the ^Cmaj7whales was an ^Em7/Aawesome sight to see And he ^Amtook them one by ^Cone and he ^B7drove them all a^Amway In the ^Cmating of the ^Gday he was the ^Amking

Big ^Amblue had fifty ^Cwives and he ^Gsired forty ^Amsons Though ^Cmost of them fell ^Cmaj7victim to the ^Em7/Acruel harpoon guns Ah but ^Amhe was too much ^Cwise to get ^B7caught by the gunners' ^Ameyes And ^Cso he lived at ^Gsea a hundred ^Amyears

His ^Ammouth was as ^Clarge as a ^Gtunnel so they ^Amsay His ^Chide was thick as ^Cmaj7leather and his ^Em7/Aeyes quick and small And his ^Amback was all ^Cscarred by the ^B7times he got a^Amway And he ^Cknew the smell of ^Gwhalers did Big ^AmBlue

Big ^AmBlue passed a^Cway to his ^Gnatural de^Amcay Bes^Cide the Arctic ^Cmaj7Circle as he ^Em7/Atravelled up that way And there ^Amnever was a ^Cman who was ^B7born with a gunner's ^Amhand Who ^Cever took a ^Gpan to Big ^AmBlue

Now the ^Amgray whale has ^Crun and the ^Gsperm is almost ^Amdone The ^Cfinbacks and the ^Cmaj7Greenland rights have ^Em7/Aall passed and gone They've been ^Amtaken by the ^Cmen for the ^B7money they could ^Amspend And the ^Ckilling next ^Gends, it just goes ^Amon

The ^Amoceans of the ^Cworld were the ^Ghome of big ^Amblue He ^Cwas the greatest ^Cmaj7monster that the^Em7/A world ever knew And the ^Amplace that he loved ^Cbest --- Was the ^B7waters to the ^Amwest Aro^Cund the blue Pac^Gific he did ^Amroam