08 Whaling stories Intro: Eb Dm G Bbm Bm F#m Em Bm Bm/D F#m/C# Dm A/A# Pailing well after sixteen days, a mammoth task was set Bm F#m Em/G Bm Em Bm/F# Em/G F# Bm D B/D# Em Sack the town, and rob the tower, and steal the alphabet Em Bm/D Am/C Em/B Em Bm Dm Ebdim Close the door and bar the gate, but keep the windows clean Em Hm/D Am/C Em/ G C Em/B Am Em E/G# God's alive inside a movie! Watch the silver screen!

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Em D C Em Bass: Em (E,F#,G, A Bb C, C#,D) D ://: Em +5-5 ://: F#m +5-5 ://: Bass G,A,Bb,C,C#,D,E,F# Lightning struck out - fire and brimstone! Boiling oil and shrieking steam! Dm/A Bb Darkness struck with molten fury, flashbulbs glorified the scene Bass: C,D,Eb,F,F#,G,A,Bb

^CmNot a man who had a finger, no^Dbt a man who could be seen ^DmNothing called (not name nor number) -^Eb Echo stormed its final ^Emscream

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^EbDaybreak ^Bb/Fwashed with ^Gmsands of g^Gladness, ro^Gmtting ^Eball it rotted ^Cmclean ^EbWindows pe^Bb/Feped o^Gmut on their nei^Gghbors, ^Gminside ^Gm7fireside be^C4dsides glea^Fm ^BbSHALIMAR, the t^Frumpets c^Ebhor^Bbuse^Fd, a^Gngels wholly a^Dll shall ^Cta-^Ga-^D ake B Ab/C Ebdim Em Dadd9 C5 G/B G Bm D Those alive will meet the prophets, those at peace shall see G their wake

Procol Harum - Whaling Stories