Drones - Shark Fin Blues Chords & Tabs

 

Shark Fin Blues Chords & Tabs

Drones Chords & Tabs

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Shark Fin Blues Chords

   
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
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/drones/shark_fin_blues_crd.html ]
          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----------------------------------|