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Band: The Drones
Song: Shark Fin Blues
Album: Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float by
Tabber: Andrew Biles
At the bottom of the page I have written out an idea of what the rhythm
guitar does during this song. The timing and voicings in the tab are not
perfect so you will have to experiment a bit, but it's a decent basis.
The intro appears to be based around the chords I've tabbed out but, again,
you'll probably need to try a few hammer-ons and occasionally adjust your
finger positions.
The outro is also picked around the chords provided.
Be sure to have a good distortion pedal at the ready and your whammy bar
attached. It does sound great on acoustic too, though.
Standard tuning: E, A, D, G, B, e
Intro:
|---------|------|---------|------|-0----|------|
|-3---1---|-3----|-3---1---|-3----|-0----|-3----|
|-0---0---|-2----|-0---0---|-2----|-0----|-2----|
|-4---2---|-0----|-4---2---|-0----|-x----|-0----|
|-5---3---|------|-5---3---|------|-2----|------|
|---------|------|---------|------|------|------|
A E
Standing on the deck I watch my shadow stretch
G D
the sun pours my shadow upon the deck
A E
the waters licking round my ankles now
G D
there ain't no sun shine way way down
A E
I see the sharks in the water like slicks of ink
G D
well, there's one there bigger than a submarine
A E
as he circles I look in his eyes
G D
I see Jonah in his belly by the camp fire light
A E
see the albatross up in the windy lofts
G D
he gets to beating his wings while he sleeps it off
A E
I hear the jettisoned cries from his dream unkind
G D
get to whippin' my ears like a riding crop
A E
Well, the captain once as able as a fink daddy
G D
he's now laid up in the gallery like a dried out mink
A E
He's laying dying of thirst and he says or I think
G D
we're gonna be alone from here on in
E
well you are all my brothers
D
and you have been kind
E D
but what were you expecting to find?
E
now your eyes turn inwards
Bm
countenance turns blank
C
and I'm floating away on a barrel of pain
E5
it looks like nothing but the sea and sky remain
=break= (A, E7, G, D x 4)
A E
nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah
G D
nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah (x4)
A E
A harpoon's shaft is short and wide
G D
a grappling hook's cracked and dry
A E
I said, why don't you get down in the sea
G D
turn the water red like you want to be?
A E
'Cause if I cry another tear I'll be turned to dust
G D
the sharks won't get me but they don't feel loss
A E
keep one eye on the horizon man, you best not blink
G D
they're coming fin by fin until the whole boat sinks
A E
fin by fin
G D
fin by fin
A E
fin by fin
G D
fin by fin by fin by fin
Outro chords:
|--7--|--2--|-7-9--|--2--|-7-9--|-14-|-7-9--|--2--|
|--8--|--3--|-8-10-|--3--|-8-10-|-15-|-8-10-|--3--|
|--7--|--2--|-7-9--|--2--|-7-9--|-14-|-7-9--|--2--|
|-----|-----|------|-----|------|----|------|-----|
|-----|-----|------|-----|------|----|------|-----|
|-----|-----|------|-----|------|----|------|-----|
Rough chord pattern:
A E G D
|------------------0--0----------------------0--0---2-----2----|
|--2-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-0--0-----3--3-3-2-2-3-2---3--3-3-3-3---3-3--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1--1-----0--0-0-0-0-0-0-4-2--2-2-2-0h2-2-2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-x--x-----0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---0-0--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--2-----x--------------x-------------------|
|------------------0-----2--3----------------------------------|
