Black Day in December Said the Whale
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:
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[Dm]Mermaid sits on a [F]Siwash Rock in the har[Bbm]bor
Watching the [C]children play
And [Dm]every day, [F]sun or rain,
[Bbm]Old Man kneels to the [C]earth to pray
For the [Dm]rain and stars
And the [F]cars at the heart
[Bbm]The dark, and windy, Van[C]couver
(break) F
A black day in December
F/Am Am\G
She sees the worst is yet to come, yeah
Bb(alt) A(alt) Dm
A big wave on the horizon
F/Am Am\G
The first wind blowing in
Bb(alt) A(alt) Dm
Left Stanley soldiers felled and broken
Bbm(alt) C
And we went oh, oh?
[Dm]And Old Man kneels to the [F]earth
In his mother's [Bbm]garden
Where his own [C]father was laid
And [Dm]every day, sun[F] or rain
[Bbm]Mermaid sits on her [C]rock and she prays
For the [Dm]salmon in the sea
For the [F]winged in the trees
For the [Bbm]Old Man on his knees
Oh and for the [Dm]beauty in the park
And the [F]cars at the heart
Her own[Bbm] sisters and her brothers
And ten [C]thousand friends and lovers
(break) F
Black day in December
[F/Bbm] A [C]black day in Decembe[F]r[F/Bbm] [C]
[Dm]Mermaid sits on a [F]tide wash rock in the [Bbm]harbor
Where the blue [C]heron would lay
And [Dm]every day, [F]sun or rain,
[Bbm]Old friends fall to the [C]earth and decay
With the [Dm]city by the sea
Sweet [F]brine in the breeze
With the [Bbm]mountains watching over
Her Van[C]couver
(break) F
Black day in December
[Bb] A black day in December[F]
C(high) C#(high) F
Black day in December
[Bb] A black day in December[F]
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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