Big Whale
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: GmCapotraste:
3rd traste
Uit Liefde Voor Muziek Seizoen 5 (2019); Aflevering 6.
Cover van het Kommil Foo nummer “Potvis”.
BPM: 119
Released: 20 May 2019
Note: De akkoorden worden vaak gespeeld met lange pauzes ertussen.
Capo: 3 fret
[Verse 1]
Em
I see you walking down the street,
Em
Just walking down the street,
Em Am
You stop and stare into the window of a store.
D
I’m thinking will I,
D
Or won’t I,
N.C.
Do I or don’t I,
N.C.
Do I leave before you see me,
G B
or do I cross to say hello,
Em
O my god it’s been a while,
Em
Small talk yak, yak, yak,
Am
very courtly and polite,
D
I’m thinking never mind.
G B
What has been is in the past,
C
What has been it didn’t last,
D
It’s irreversible gone.
[Verse 2]
N.C.
And then all of a sudden,
Em
As if you know,
Em
As if you feel it,
Em
As if it shows,
Am
You’re breaking through the fortress of my face.
D
Your gaze and mine fit,
D
Too late now to split,
D G B
I stand rooted to the moment and the place.
[Verse 3]
Em
And we walk into a bar,
Em
Yes it’s true it’s been a while,
Em
Small talk yak, yak, yak,
Am
We act like nothing ever was,
D*
And then you tell me ‘bout that big whale,
N.C.
(Big whale, big whale, big whale, big whale),
N.C.
(Big Whale).
G B
That majestic big whale,
C D
Washed upon the cold and stormy beaches in the north.
[Interlude]
Am D
Hmm . . .
[Chorus]
Em D Bm Bm
I’m thinking only ‘bout that winter night,
Am D D
When you lay sleeping in my arms.
Am
When full of joy,
D D
You walked half naked into the snow.
Em D Bm Bm
Defenseless in the cold of night,
Am
And how every day I still,
Cm
Every longest day I still,
Bm A G Em D Em
I can’t stand living without you.
[Instrumental]
Em
Em
Em
Em
[Verse 4]
Em
You say the climate’s gone astray,
Em
And no matter what they say,
Am
Look how that big whale completely lost its way,
D
The planet suffers man’s impact,
D
Things will go horribly wrong if we don’t act,
G B
There’s gonna be a very, very, high price to pay.
B Em
I observe the movement of your lips,
Em
Of your eyes, your fingertips,
Am
I’m oblivious to meaning of your words
[Verse 5]
D
I just sit there fozen,
G B
And you talk and talk and talk and talk,
C
And talk and talk,
D
Baby I love the way you talk.
[Interlude]
Am D
Hmm . . .
[Chorus]
Em D Bm
I’m thinking only ‘bout that winter night,
Am D
When you lay sleeping in my arms.
Am
When full of joy,
D
You walked half naked into the snow.
Em D Bm
Defenseless in the cold of night,
Am
And how every day I still,
Cm
Every longest day I still,
Bm A G Em D Em
I can’t stand living without you.
[Outro]
Em
Em
Em
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