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 basically the same and 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 in parts of the song. This is just a simpler way of
playing it. If there's any mistakes let me know. I know this might not
be 100%, but it's close. Please comment and rate.

Chords:

   Am         F         E       Cmaj9

e|--0--|  e|--0--|  e|--0--|  e|--0--|
B|--1--|  B|--0--|  B|--0--|  B|--1--|
G|--2--|  G|--2--|  G|--1--|  G|--0--|
D|--2--|  D|--3--|  D|--2--|  D|--0--|
A|--0--|  A|--3--|  A|--2--|  A|--2--|
E|--0--|  E|--1--|  E|--0--|  E|--3--|


  Bb-5       Am7        C       Em

e|-----|  e|--3--|  e|--0--| e|-----|
B|--3--|  B|--1--|  B|--1--| B|-----|
G|--3--|  G|--0--|  G|--0--| G|--0--|
D|--0--|  D|--2--|  D|--2--| D|--2--|
A|--1--|  A|--0--|  A|--3--| A|--2--|
E|-----|  E|-----|  E|--0--| 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,
   Cmaj9
so far out upon the sea,
F                           C    Em
when are you coming home to me?"
Am
"Darling why do you leave,
       Cmaj9
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,
    Bb-5
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?
     Cmaj9
It's farther than I can see,
F                           C    Em
when are you coming home to me?"
Am
"Darling why do you leave,
       Cmaj9
as the north wind begins to blow?
F                           C    Em
Will you be coming home to me?"


Am7, F, Am, Cmaj9

Am7, F, Am, Cmaj9

C