Shark Fin Blues

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:

Standing on the deck I watch my shadow stretch

the sun pours my shadow upon the deck

the waters licking round my ankles now

there ain't no sun shine way way down

I see the sharks in the water like slicks of ink

well, there's one there bigger than a submarine

as he circles I look in his eyes

I see Jonah in his belly by the camp fire light

see the albatross up in the windy lofts

he gets to beating his wings while he sleeps it off

I hear the jettisoned cries from his dream unkind

get to whippin' my ears like a riding crop

Well, the captain once as able as a fink daddy

he's now laid up in the gallery like a dried out mink

He's laying dying of thirst and he says or I think

we're gonna be alone from here on in

well you are all my brothers

and you have been kind

but what were you expecting to find?

now your eyes turn inwards

countenance turns blank

and I'm floating away on a barrel of pain

it looks like nothing but the sea and sky remain

=break= (A, E7, G, D x 4)

nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah

nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah (x4)

A harpoon's shaft is short and wide

a grappling hook's cracked and dry

I said, why don't you get down in the sea

turn the water red like you want to be?

'Cause if I cry another tear I'll be turned to dust

the sharks won't get me but they don't feel loss

keep one eye on the horizon man, you best not blink

they're coming fin by fin until the whole boat sinks

fin by fin

fin by fin

fin by fin

fin by fin by fin by fin

Outro chords:

Rough chord pattern: