A Whale Of A Tale Chords by Kirk Douglas
Tempo:
121 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Ab
Bb
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bb] [Eb] Got a whale of a tale to tell you lads, a whale of [Bb] a tale or two,
[Eb] About the flapping [Ab] fish and the girls I've [Eb] loved,
On nights like this with the moon above,
A whale of a tale and it's all [Bb] true, I swear by my tattoo.
[Eb]
[Ab] There was Mermaid Minnie, [Eb] met her down in Madagascar,
[Ab] She would kiss me any time that I would [Ab] ask her,
Then one evening [Eb] her flame of [Bb] love blew out,
[Eb] Blowed me down and picked me up, she [Bb] swapped me for a trout.
[Eb] Got a whale of a [Ab] tale to tell you [Eb] lads, a whale of a [Bb] tale or two,
About the [Eb] flapping fish and the girls I've loved,
On nights like this with the moon above,
A whale of a [Eb] tale and it's all true, I swear by my tattoo.
[Ab] There was Typhoon [Eb] Tessie, met her on the coast of [Ab] Java,
When we kissed I [Eb]
bubbled up like molten lava,
[Ab] Then she gave me [Eb] the scare of my [Bb] young life,
[Eb] Blowed me down and picked me up, she was [Bb] the captain's wife.
[Eb] Got a whale of a tale to tell you boys, a whale of a [Bb] tale or two,
[Eb] About the flapping fish and the girls I've loved,
On nights like this with the moon above,
A whale of a tale and it's all true, I swear by my tattoo.
[F]
There [Ab] was Harpoon Hannah, [Eb] had a face that made you shudder,
[Ab] Lips like fish hooks [Eb] and a nose just like a rudder,
[Ab] If I kissed her and held her [Bb] tenderly,
[Eb] There's no sea monster big enough [Ab] to ever [Eb] frighten me.
Got a whale of a tale to tell you lads, a whale of a [Bb] tale or two,
[Eb] About the flapping fish [Ab] and the girls [Eb] I've loved,
On nights like this with the moon above,
A whale of a tale and it's all true, I [F] swear by my tattoo.
[Eb] [N]
[Eb] About the flapping [Ab] fish and the girls I've [Eb] loved,
On nights like this with the moon above,
A whale of a tale and it's all [Bb] true, I swear by my tattoo.
[Eb]
[Ab] There was Mermaid Minnie, [Eb] met her down in Madagascar,
[Ab] She would kiss me any time that I would [Ab] ask her,
Then one evening [Eb] her flame of [Bb] love blew out,
[Eb] Blowed me down and picked me up, she [Bb] swapped me for a trout.
[Eb] Got a whale of a [Ab] tale to tell you [Eb] lads, a whale of a [Bb] tale or two,
About the [Eb] flapping fish and the girls I've loved,
On nights like this with the moon above,
A whale of a [Eb] tale and it's all true, I swear by my tattoo.
[Ab] There was Typhoon [Eb] Tessie, met her on the coast of [Ab] Java,
When we kissed I [Eb]
bubbled up like molten lava,
[Ab] Then she gave me [Eb] the scare of my [Bb] young life,
[Eb] Blowed me down and picked me up, she was [Bb] the captain's wife.
[Eb] Got a whale of a tale to tell you boys, a whale of a [Bb] tale or two,
[Eb] About the flapping fish and the girls I've loved,
On nights like this with the moon above,
A whale of a tale and it's all true, I swear by my tattoo.
[F]
There [Ab] was Harpoon Hannah, [Eb] had a face that made you shudder,
[Ab] Lips like fish hooks [Eb] and a nose just like a rudder,
[Ab] If I kissed her and held her [Bb] tenderly,
[Eb] There's no sea monster big enough [Ab] to ever [Eb] frighten me.
Got a whale of a tale to tell you lads, a whale of a [Bb] tale or two,
[Eb] About the flapping fish [Ab] and the girls [Eb] I've loved,
On nights like this with the moon above,
A whale of a tale and it's all true, I [F] swear by my tattoo.
[Eb] [N]
Key:
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_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ Got a whale of a tale to tell you lads, a whale of [Bb] a tale or two,
[Eb] About the flapping [Ab] fish and the girls I've [Eb] loved,
On nights like this with the moon above,
A whale of a tale and it's all [Bb] true, I swear by my tattoo.
[Eb] _
[Ab] There was Mermaid Minnie, [Eb] met her down in Madagascar,
[Ab] She would kiss me any time that I would [Ab] ask her,
Then one evening [Eb] her flame of [Bb] love blew out,
[Eb] Blowed me down and picked me up, she [Bb] swapped me for a trout.
[Eb] Got a whale of a [Ab] tale to tell you [Eb] lads, a whale of a [Bb] tale or two,
About the [Eb] flapping fish and the girls I've loved,
On nights like this with the moon above,
A whale of a [Eb] tale and it's all true, I swear by my tattoo.
_ _ [Ab] There was Typhoon [Eb] Tessie, met her on the coast of [Ab] Java,
When we kissed I [Eb]
bubbled up like molten lava,
[Ab] Then she gave me [Eb] the scare of my [Bb] young life,
[Eb] Blowed me down and picked me up, she was [Bb] the captain's wife.
[Eb] Got a whale of a tale to tell you boys, a whale of a [Bb] tale or two,
[Eb] About the flapping fish and the girls I've loved,
On nights like this with the moon above,
A whale of a tale and it's all true, I swear by my tattoo.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ There [Ab] was Harpoon Hannah, _ [Eb] _ had a face that made you shudder,
[Ab] Lips like fish hooks [Eb] and a nose just like a rudder,
_ [Ab] _ If I kissed her _ and held her _ _ [Bb] tenderly, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] There's no sea monster big enough [Ab] to ever [Eb] frighten me.
Got a whale of a tale to tell you lads, a whale of a [Bb] tale or two,
[Eb] About the flapping fish [Ab] and the girls [Eb] I've loved,
On nights like this with the moon above,
A whale of a tale and it's all true, I [F] swear by my tattoo.
[Eb] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] About the flapping [Ab] fish and the girls I've [Eb] loved,
On nights like this with the moon above,
A whale of a tale and it's all [Bb] true, I swear by my tattoo.
[Eb] _
[Ab] There was Mermaid Minnie, [Eb] met her down in Madagascar,
[Ab] She would kiss me any time that I would [Ab] ask her,
Then one evening [Eb] her flame of [Bb] love blew out,
[Eb] Blowed me down and picked me up, she [Bb] swapped me for a trout.
[Eb] Got a whale of a [Ab] tale to tell you [Eb] lads, a whale of a [Bb] tale or two,
About the [Eb] flapping fish and the girls I've loved,
On nights like this with the moon above,
A whale of a [Eb] tale and it's all true, I swear by my tattoo.
_ _ [Ab] There was Typhoon [Eb] Tessie, met her on the coast of [Ab] Java,
When we kissed I [Eb]
bubbled up like molten lava,
[Ab] Then she gave me [Eb] the scare of my [Bb] young life,
[Eb] Blowed me down and picked me up, she was [Bb] the captain's wife.
[Eb] Got a whale of a tale to tell you boys, a whale of a [Bb] tale or two,
[Eb] About the flapping fish and the girls I've loved,
On nights like this with the moon above,
A whale of a tale and it's all true, I swear by my tattoo.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ There [Ab] was Harpoon Hannah, _ [Eb] _ had a face that made you shudder,
[Ab] Lips like fish hooks [Eb] and a nose just like a rudder,
_ [Ab] _ If I kissed her _ and held her _ _ [Bb] tenderly, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] There's no sea monster big enough [Ab] to ever [Eb] frighten me.
Got a whale of a tale to tell you lads, a whale of a [Bb] tale or two,
[Eb] About the flapping fish [Ab] and the girls [Eb] I've loved,
On nights like this with the moon above,
A whale of a tale and it's all true, I [F] swear by my tattoo.
[Eb] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _