Greenland Whale Fisheries - as perfomed by The Pogues Intro: [G][G][G][G] - strum quickly [G] [G] [G] [G] [C] [C] [C] [C] [G] [G] [G] [G] [C] [D] [G] [G] G D G In eighteen hundred and forty-six C G D On March the eighteenth day G C We hoisted our colors to the top of the mast G C D G D And for Greenland sailed away, brave boys G C D G And for Greenland sailed away G D G The lookout in the crosstrees stood C G D With spyglass in his hand G There's a whale, there's a whale C And a whalefish he cried G C D G D And she blows at every span, brave boys G C D G And she blows at every span G D G The captain stood on the quarter deck C G D The ice was in his eye G C Overhaul, overhaul! Let your gibsheets fall G C D G D And you'll put your boats to sea, brave boys G C D G And you'll put your boats to sea G D G Our harpoon struck and the line played out C G D With a single flourish of his tail G C He capsized the boat and we lost five men G C D G D And we did not catch the whale, brave boys G C D G And we did not catch the whale Break: repeat X 2 [G] [G] [G] [G] [C] [C] [C] [C] [G] [G] [G] [G] [C] [D] [G] [G] G D G The losing of those five jolly men C G D It grieved the captain sore G C But the losing of that fine whalefish G C D G D Now it grieved him ten times more, brave boys G C D G Now it grieved him ten times more G D G Now Greenland is a barren land C G D A land that bares no green G C Where there's ice and snow, and the whalefishes blow G C D G D And the daylight's seldom seen, brave boys G C D G And the daylight's seldom seen Outro: repeatat X 2 [G] [G] [G] [G] [C] [C] [C] [C] [G] [G] [G] [G] [C] [D] [G] [G]