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
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|-----------------------------------------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-----|
|-----------------|
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Verse 1
A Em7
Standing on the deck I watch my shadow stretch
G5 D
The sun pours my shadow upon the deck
A Em7
The waters licking round my ankles now
G5 D
There ain't no sun shine way way down
Verse 2
A Em7
I see the sharks in the water like slicks of ink
G5 D
Well, there's one there bigger than a submarine
A Em7
As he circles I look in his eyes
G5 D
I see Jonah in his belly by the camp fire light
Chorus
A Em7
Lord albatross up in the windy lofts,
G5/F# G5 D
Yeah he's beating his wings while he sleeps it off
A Em7
I hear the jettisoned cries from his dream unkind,
G5/F# G5 D
Yeah there whippin' my ears like a riding crop
A Em7
Well, the captain once as able as a fink daddy
G5/F# G5 D
He's now laid up in the gallery like a dried out mink
A Em7
He's laying dying of thirst and he says or I think
G5/F# G5 D
We're gonna be alone from here on in
Em7
Well you're all my brothers
D
And you have been kind
Em7 D
But what were you expecting to find?
G5
Now your eyes turn inward
Bm
Countenance turned blank
C
And I'm floating away on a barrel of pain
B5
It looks like nothing but the sea and sky remain
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-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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D A
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|-------------------------------------------------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---------------------------------
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|-----------------------------------
Bridge
A Em7
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah
G D x 4 (last time through,
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah hold D for 4 bars)
Chorus
A Em7
A harpoon's shaft is short and wide
G5/F# G D
Yea grappling hook's cracked and dry
A Em7
I said, why don't you get down in the sea
G5/F# G D
Oh turn the water red like you want to be?
A Em7
'Cause if I cry another tear I'll be turned to dust
G5/F# G D
No the sharks won't get me but they don't feel loss
A Em7
Keep one eye on the horizon man, you best not blink
G5/F# G D
They're coming fin by fin until the whole boat sinks
Outro
A Em7 G5/F# G D
Fin by fin, yeah fin by fin
A Em7 G5/F# G D
Fin by fin, lord fin by fin by fin 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
