The Drones - Shark fin blues
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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 tab:
A Em7 G5/F# G5 D Bm C B5 G* D* A* D'
|-0--0---x-----3--2--2--3-----7--2--9--14-|
|-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--------------------------|
Intro
D G D
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------3-----------------------|
|-----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
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------2-------2-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------2-------2---------2---2-------2-2---------2---|
|---------------------0-------0---0h2-----2h4---4-2-0-0---0h2-----|
|--------\4-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G D Dmaj7/F#
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------3-------------------------------------2-------2-------2--|
|-2---2---0---------------2-------------------------2-------2------|
|-2h4-4-4-0-------0h2-2p0-4---------------------------0-------0----|
|-------------------------5--------------\4------------------------|
|-------------3----------------------------------------------------|
Bm Em D Dmaj7
|-----------------------------------------2-------2-------2-2-2-2--|
|---------------0-------------------------3-------3-------3-2-2-2--|
|-----------------------------------------2-------2-------2-2-2-2--|
|-------------0---------------0---0h2-2---0-------0-------0-0-0-0--|
|---------0h2-------------0h2---2----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D Dmaj7 D
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|
|-3-2-2-2-2-3-----|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
Verse 1
AStanding on the deck I watch my shadow Em7stretch
The sG5un pours my shadow upon the Ddeck
The wAaters licking round my ankles Em7now
There G5ain't no sun shine way way dDown
Verse 2
I see the sAharks in the water like slicks of Em7ink
Well, there's oG5ne there bigger than a submarDine
As he Acircles I look in his Em7eyes
I see G5Jonah in his belly by the camp fire Dlight
Chorus
Lord Aalbatross up in the windy Em7lofts,
G5/F#Yeah G5he's beating his wings while he sleeps it Doff
I hear the Ajettisoned cries from his dream unEm7kind,
G5/F#Yeah there G5whippin' my ears like a riding Dcrop
Well, the Acaptain once as able as a fink Em7daddy
G5/F#He's now G5laid up in the gallery like a dried out Dmink
He's laying dAying of thirst and he says or I Em7think
G5/F#We're G5gonna be alone from here on inD
Well you're Em7all my brothers
And you have been Dkind
But what Em7were you expecting to Dfind?
Now your G5eyes turn inward
Countenance Bmturned blank
And I'm Cfloating away on a barrel of pain
It looks like nothing but the sea and sky reB5main
Solo
A Em7 G5/F# G5
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|-5---5-5-5-5-5-7-5---3-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------4~------4-------4/6-----6h7-----7-6-6-4-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D A
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------8bh-----8br-5---|
|-4---2-------------------2h4-----6-7--/9-------------------------|
|---------4-------2h4---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Em7 G5/F# G D
|--------------------------------------------------------10~-rings|
|---------------------------------8---10--12--13--13fb------------|
|-6-------6---7---7---9---9fb-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A Em7 G5/F#
|-for-a-whole-bar---------------------------------0---------------|
|-----------------2---2---2-0-2-3-2---0-----------3---------------|
|-----------------2---2-------------------0-------0---------------|
|-----------------2-----------------------2-----------------------|
|-----------------0-----------------------2-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------0---------------2-------|
G5 D A
|-x-----------------------2-------------0-0-----------------------|
|-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---|
|-x-------------------------------------------------------0---0---|
|-3---------------------------------------------------------------|
Em7 G5/F# G5
|-------------------------0---------------x-----------------------|
|-2-0-2-3-2---0-----------1---------------3-------3-3-2-2-2-2---0-|
|-----------------0-------0---------------0-----------------------|
|-----------------2-----------------------0-----------------------|
|-----------------2-----------------------x-----------------------|
|-----------------0---------------2-------3-----------------------|
D
|-2----------------------------------
|-3---(hold the D till bridge)------
|-2----------------------------------
|-0---------------------------------
|------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------
Bridge
NAah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nEm7ah
G D x 4 (last time through,
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah hold D for 4 bars)
Chorus
A haArpoon's shaft is short and Em7wide
G5/F#Yea Ggrappling hook's cracked and Ddry
I said, Awhy don't you get down in the Em7sea
G5/F#Oh Gturn the water red like you want to Dbe?
'Cause if I Acry another tear I'll be turned to Em7dust
G5/F#No the Gsharks won't get me but they don't feel Dloss
Keep one eAye on the horizon man, you best not Em7blink
G5/F#They're coming Gfin by fin until the whole boat Dsinks
Outro
AFin by Em7fin, G5/F#yeah Gfin by Dfin
AFin by Em7fin, G5/F#lord Gfin by fin by Dfin 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