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Whaling Stories by Procol Harum
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!
A C G D F F C
Rum was served to all the traitors; pygmies held themselves in check
Am Em/G Bm Em Bm /D Em Bm /D
Bloodhounds nosed around the houses, down dark alleys sailors crept
Em A Em A Am D Am D
Six bells struck, the pot was boiling - soup spilled out on passers-by
Bm E Bm E Em Bm/F# Cmaj7 Em
Angels mumbled incantations, closely watched by God on high
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
Cm Db
Not a man who had a finger, not a man who could be seen
Dm Eb Em
Nothing called (not name nor number) - Echo stormed its final scream
Solo over BAss(E,F#,G, A Bb C, C#,D)x12 Eb G x2
Eb Bb/F Gm G Gm Eb Cm
Daybreak washed with sands of gladness, rotting all it rotted clean
Eb Bb/F Gm G Gm Gm7 C4 F
Windows peeped out on their neighbors, inside fireside bedsides gleam
Bb F Eb Bb F G D C G D
SHALIMAR, the trumpets chorused, angels wholly all shall ta-a- 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
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