• Song:

    The Seal Lullaby

  • Artist:

    Eric Whitacre

The Seal Lullaby
by Eric Whitacre
(ericwhitacre.com)
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This is a representation of the artist's own work 
and may only be used for personal use and private
study. 
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Ebm    Ab     Ebm    Ab
Ooh,_______   Ooh,______
Bbm    Fm     Gb Fm  Bbm
Ooh,______________________   
 Gb     Fm     Gb Ab  Db         
Ooh,_______   Ooh,______________

Db    Db  Ab Db            [ch]Db/F[/ch]  
          Oh hush thee, my baby,
               Fm           Gb    
the night is behind us, and black are the
Bbm         Fm          Gbadd9 Gb
waters that sparkled so green.
Ebm               Ab             Ebm
The moon o'er the combers, looks downward to
Ab         Bbm  Db Eb  Fm Gb   Ebm  Bbm Ab Gb Fm
find us at rest in the hollows that rustle be-tween
Db                 Fm            Db           Fm
Where billow meets billow, there soft be they pillow;
   Gbaddb5 Gb     Bbm         Ab          Gb
Ah wea-----ry wee flipperling curl at thy ease.
Ebm                 Ab             Ebm        Ab
The storm shall not wake thee, nor shark over take thee.
  Bbm          Fm          Gb   Fm       Bbm
A sleep in the arms of the slow swinging seas,
  Gb           Fm   N.C.   Gb   Ab       Db     Fm
A sleep in the arms of the slow swinging seas.____________  

Db    Fm     Gb    Bbm   Fm    Gb
 Ooh,______  Ooh,____________________
Ebm   Ab Ebm Ab Abadd9 Ebm   Ab 
Ooh,__________________ Ooh,_______  
Bbm   Fm    Gb Fm  Bbm
Ooh,____________________
Gb    Fm     Gb Ab  Db    [ch]Fm/C[/ch]
Ooh,_______  Ooh,__________________
[ch]Db/F[/ch]  Fm     Db
Ooh,_______  Ooh,____________________

P.S.
I play chords on the piano.
It will be much easier to play this on guitar if you transpose down one half step 
and play with a capo on 1.
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