The Whale Has Swallowed Me (acoustic) Chords

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The Whale Has Swallowed Me (acoustic) by Hugh Laurie is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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E 
They say the Whale swallowed Jonah 
                     A 
Out in the deep blue sea 
            B 
Sometimes I get that feeling 
              A                  E 
That same old Whale has swallowed me 


E 
The sun rise in the East 
                 A 
Goes down in the West 
            B 
Sometimes I get that feeling 
      A                   E 
Every creature needs some rest 


E 
I believe the Whale got sick 
                       A 
That's why I have this blues 
     B 
I do believe one day 
        A               E 
He will finally turn me loose 


E 
Now if I live 
                    A 
I pray, I don't get killed 
     B 
I do believe one day 
       A            E 
I will crawl out of here 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante