Biography:
Said the Whale is a Canadian band formed in 2007 as a collaboration between songwriters Ben Worcester and Tyler Bancroft. The pair’s debut EP, Taking Abalonia, featured sunny west coast indie pop, with breezy harmonies, shimmering guitars and lyrical tributes to their home city of Vancouver, “nodding at times to the sea shanties of Neutral Milk Hotel and at others to the boat-shoe-gazing of Vampire Weekend” said The National Post. In 2008, the album was re-released as Howe Sounds/Talking Abalonia
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- A Cold Night Close To The End
- Bc Orienteering
- Big Sky, Mt
- Black Day In Deptember
- Camilo
- Curse Of The Curents
- Gentleman
- Goonight Moon
- Howe Sounds
- Loveless
- Oh K, Okay
- Seasons
- Strong Swimmers
- The Light Is You
- The Real Of It
- A Song For Me
- Better For You
- Big Sky Mt
- Black Day In December
- Bones Of Winter
- Camilo The Magician
- Cascadia
- Curse Of The Currents
- False Creek Change
- Fish And Stars Ii
- Hurricane Ada
- I Love You
- Islands Disappear
- Lady Hourglass Your Heads On Fire
- Level Best
- Lines
- Little Bird
- Live Off Lamb
- Love Is Art Sleep Through The Fire
- More Than This
- Mother
- My Government Heart
- Narrows
- Nothing Makes Me Happy
- O Alexandra
- Oh K Okay
- Out On The Shield
- Plans For The Future
- Safe To Say
- The Fish And The Stars
- The Gift Of A Black Heart
- The Reason
- The Weight Of The Season
- This Winter I Retire
- Upset Her
- We Are 1980
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I noticed a lot of mistakes in my first tab for this song so
I thought I'd give it another go.
I listed all the chords fingerings I use at the bottom of the
page; I use (alt) and (high) to indicate when I play the chord in
a different position (Once again, see the bottom of the page).
Fantastic Song, have fun playing it!
Notation:
---------
/: Slide Up
: Slide Down
Song:
-----
Dm F A#m
Mermaid sits on a Siwash Rock in the harbor
C
Watching the children play
Dm F
And every day, sun or rain,
A#m C
Old Man kneels to the earth to pray
Dm
For the rain and stars
F
And the cars at the heart
A#m C
The dark, and windy, Vancouver
(break) F
A black day in December
F/Am AmG
She sees the worst is yet to come, yeah
A#(alt) A(alt) Dm
A big wave on the horizon
F/Am AmG
The first wind blowing in
A#(alt) A(alt) Dm
Left Stanley soldiers felled and broken
A#m(alt) C
And we went oh, oh?
Dm F
And Old Man kneels to the earth
A#m
In his mother's garden
C
Where his own father was laid
Dm F
And every day, sun or rain
A#m C
Mermaid sits on her rock and she prays
Dm
For the salmon in the sea
F
For the winged in the trees
A#m
For the Old Man on his knees
Dm
Oh and for the beauty in the park
F
And the cars at the heart
A#m
Her own sisters and her brothers
C
And ten thousand friends and lovers
(break) F
Black day in December
F/A#m C F F/A#m C
A black day in December
Dm F A#m
Mermaid sits on a tide wash rock in the harbor
C
Where the blue heron would lay
Dm F
And every day, sun or rain,
A#m C
Old friends fall to the earth and decay
Dm
With the city by the sea
F
Sweet brine in the breeze
A#m
With the mountains watching over
C
Her Vancouver
(break) F
Black day in December
A# F
A black day in December
C(high) C#(high) F
Black day in December
A# F
A black day in December
C(high) C#(high) Dm(high)
Oh, oh...
Chords (In order of appearance):
--------------------------------
e|---|---|---|---|
B|---|-x-|---|---|
Dm G|---|---|-x-|---|
D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|-x-|---|---|---|
E|---|---|---|---|
Fret 5 6 7 8
e|-x-|---|---|---|
B|-x-|---|---|---|
F G|---|-x-|---|---|
D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|---|---|-x-|---|
E|-x-|---|---|---|
Fret 1 2 3 4
e|-x-|---|---|---|
B|-x-|---|---|---|
A#m G|-x-|---|---|---|
D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|---|---|-x-|---|
E|-x-|---|---|---|
Fret 6 7 8 9
e|---|---|---|---|
B|---|---|-x-|---|
C G|---|---|-x-|---|
D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|-x-|---|---|---|
E|---|---|---|---|
Fret 3 4 5 6
e|-x-|---|---|---|
B|-x-|---|---|---|
Am G|-x-|---|---|---|
D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|---|---|-x-|---|
E|-x-|---|---|---|
Fret 5 6 7 8
e|-x-|---|---|---|
B|-x-|---|---|---|
G G|---|-x-|---|---|
D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|---|---|-x-|---|
E|-x-|---|---|---|
Fret 3 4 5 6
e|---|---|---|---|
B|---|---|-x-|---|
A# G|---|---|-x-|---|
alt. D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|-x-|---|---|---|
E|---|---|---|---|
Fret 1 2 3 4
e|---|---|---|---|
B|---|-x-|---|---|
A G|---|-x-|---|---|
alt. D|---|-x-|---|---|
A|---|---|---|---|
E|---|---|---|---|
Fret 1 2 3 4
e|-x-|---|---|---|
B|---|-x-|---|---|
A#m G|---|---|-x-|---|
alt. D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|-x-|---|---|---|
E|---|---|---|---|
Fret 1 2 3 4
e|-x-|---|---|---|
B|-x-|---|---|---|
A# G|---|-x-|---|---|
D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|---|---|-x-|---|
E|-x-|---|---|---|
Fret 6 7 8 9
e|-x-|---|---|---|
B|-x-|---|---|---|
C G|---|-x-|---|---|
high D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|---|---|-x-|---|
E|-x-|---|---|---|
Fret 8 9 10 11
e|-x-|---|---|---|
B|-x-|---|---|---|
C# G|---|-x-|---|---|
high D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|---|---|-x-|---|
E|-x-|---|---|---|
Fret 9 10 11 12
e|-x-|---|---|---|
B|-x-|---|---|---|
Dm G|-x-|---|---|---|
high D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|---|---|-x-|---|
E|-x-|---|---|---|
Fret 10 11 12 13
I thought I'd give it another go.
I listed all the chords fingerings I use at the bottom of the
page; I use (alt) and (high) to indicate when I play the chord in
a different position (Once again, see the bottom of the page).
Fantastic Song, have fun playing it!
Notation:
---------
/: Slide Up
: Slide Down
Song:
-----
Dm F A#m
Mermaid sits on a Siwash Rock in the harbor
C
Watching the children play
Dm F
And every day, sun or rain,
A#m C
Old Man kneels to the earth to pray
Dm
For the rain and stars
F
And the cars at the heart
A#m C
The dark, and windy, Vancouver
(break) F
A black day in December
F/Am AmG
She sees the worst is yet to come, yeah
A#(alt) A(alt) Dm
A big wave on the horizon
F/Am AmG
The first wind blowing in
A#(alt) A(alt) Dm
Left Stanley soldiers felled and broken
A#m(alt) C
And we went oh, oh?
Dm F
And Old Man kneels to the earth
A#m
In his mother's garden
C
Where his own father was laid
Dm F
And every day, sun or rain
A#m C
Mermaid sits on her rock and she prays
Dm
For the salmon in the sea
F
For the winged in the trees
A#m
For the Old Man on his knees
Dm
Oh and for the beauty in the park
F
And the cars at the heart
A#m
Her own sisters and her brothers
C
And ten thousand friends and lovers
(break) F
Black day in December
F/A#m C F F/A#m C
A black day in December
Dm F A#m
Mermaid sits on a tide wash rock in the harbor
C
Where the blue heron would lay
Dm F
And every day, sun or rain,
A#m C
Old friends fall to the earth and decay
Dm
With the city by the sea
F
Sweet brine in the breeze
A#m
With the mountains watching over
C
Her Vancouver
(break) F
Black day in December
A# F
A black day in December
C(high) C#(high) F
Black day in December
A# F
A black day in December
C(high) C#(high) Dm(high)
Oh, oh...
Chords (In order of appearance):
--------------------------------
e|---|---|---|---|
B|---|-x-|---|---|
Dm G|---|---|-x-|---|
D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|-x-|---|---|---|
E|---|---|---|---|
Fret 5 6 7 8
e|-x-|---|---|---|
B|-x-|---|---|---|
F G|---|-x-|---|---|
D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|---|---|-x-|---|
E|-x-|---|---|---|
Fret 1 2 3 4
e|-x-|---|---|---|
B|-x-|---|---|---|
A#m G|-x-|---|---|---|
D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|---|---|-x-|---|
E|-x-|---|---|---|
Fret 6 7 8 9
e|---|---|---|---|
B|---|---|-x-|---|
C G|---|---|-x-|---|
D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|-x-|---|---|---|
E|---|---|---|---|
Fret 3 4 5 6
e|-x-|---|---|---|
B|-x-|---|---|---|
Am G|-x-|---|---|---|
D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|---|---|-x-|---|
E|-x-|---|---|---|
Fret 5 6 7 8
e|-x-|---|---|---|
B|-x-|---|---|---|
G G|---|-x-|---|---|
D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|---|---|-x-|---|
E|-x-|---|---|---|
Fret 3 4 5 6
e|---|---|---|---|
B|---|---|-x-|---|
A# G|---|---|-x-|---|
alt. D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|-x-|---|---|---|
E|---|---|---|---|
Fret 1 2 3 4
e|---|---|---|---|
B|---|-x-|---|---|
A G|---|-x-|---|---|
alt. D|---|-x-|---|---|
A|---|---|---|---|
E|---|---|---|---|
Fret 1 2 3 4
e|-x-|---|---|---|
B|---|-x-|---|---|
A#m G|---|---|-x-|---|
alt. D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|-x-|---|---|---|
E|---|---|---|---|
Fret 1 2 3 4
e|-x-|---|---|---|
B|-x-|---|---|---|
A# G|---|-x-|---|---|
D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|---|---|-x-|---|
E|-x-|---|---|---|
Fret 6 7 8 9
e|-x-|---|---|---|
B|-x-|---|---|---|
C G|---|-x-|---|---|
high D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|---|---|-x-|---|
E|-x-|---|---|---|
Fret 8 9 10 11
e|-x-|---|---|---|
B|-x-|---|---|---|
C# G|---|-x-|---|---|
high D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|---|---|-x-|---|
E|-x-|---|---|---|
Fret 9 10 11 12
e|-x-|---|---|---|
B|-x-|---|---|---|
Dm G|-x-|---|---|---|
high D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|---|---|-x-|---|
E|-x-|---|---|---|
Fret 10 11 12 13
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