Song: The Whaler (Acoustic)
Band: Thrice
Album: The Alchemy Index: Vols. I & II - Fire & Water
Tuning: Standard with capo on 2nd Fret
Tabbed: J. Griff (artificial_inside@yahoo.com)
Comments:
This is my second tab. I know there's already a tab for this, but I decided to make
one. This version is slightly different, but it goes with this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve6T_lNnG7Q&feature=related

If you watch the video, Dustin does hammer ons/offs with the Am and F in the intro and
parts of the song. This is just a simpler way of playing the song. Please state any
there might be. I know this might not be 100%, but it's close.

The Chords with the questions marks beside them are chords that I don't know the name
exactly.


Chords:
   Am         F         E         C?
     Dsus?       C
e|--0--|  e|--0--|  e|--0--|  e|--0--|  e|-----|  e|--0--|  e|--0--|
B|--1--|  B|--0--|  B|--0--|  B|--1--|  B|--3--|  B|--3--|  B|--1--|
G|--2--|  G|--2--|  G|--1--|  G|--0--|  G|--3--|  G|--2--|  G|--0--|
D|--2--|  D|--3--|  D|--2--|  D|--0--|  D|--0--|  D|--0--|  D|--2--|
A|--0--|  A|--3--|  A|--2--|  A|--2--|  A|--1--|  A|--0--|  A|--3--|
E|--0--|  E|--1--|  E|--0--|  E|--3--|  E|-----|  E|-----|  E|--0--|

   Em
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|--0--|
D|--2--|
A|--2--|
E|--0--|

Intro: Am  F

Am
My lover's arms,
     F
they beg me to stay.
      Am
But I know the storms,
          F
they will sweep me away.

   E
My daughter's eyes,
         F
they are two tiny seas,
      E
whose water will rise
         F
and then run down her cheeks.


Am
"Father where do you go,
   C?
so far out upon the sea,
F                           C    Em
when are you coming home to me?"
Am
"Darling why do you leave,
       C?
as the north wind begins to blow?
F                           C    Em
Will you be coming home to me?"

Am, F

Am
The boat and the blade,
         F
they are all that I know;
Am
the sea calls my name,
    F?
and so I must go.
E
And while they still sleep,
  F
I slip out through the door;
    E
but how can I leave,
        F
with my anchors ashore?

Am
"Father where do you go?
     C?
It's farther than I can see,
F                           C    Em
when are you coming home to me?"
Am
"Darling why do you leave,
       C?
as the north wind begins to blow?
F                           C    Em
Will you be coming home to me?"

Dsus?, F, Am, C?
Dsus?, F, Am, C?

C