Chord/Tab song: The Seal Lullaby

by Eric Whitacre
(ericwhitacre.com)

This is a representation of the artist's own work
and may only be used for personal use and private
study.


[Ebm]Ooh,___[Ab]____ [Ebm]Ooh,___[Ab]___
[Bbm]Ooh,___[Fm]_______[Gb]___[Fm]____[Bbm]_____
O[Gb]oh,____[Fm]___ O[Gb]oh,[Ab]____[Db]__________

Db Db Ab Db [ch]Db/F[/ch]
Oh hush thee, my baby,
the night is be[Fm]hind us, and [Gb]black are the
[Bbm]waters that [Fm]sparkled so [Gbadd9]green.[Gb]
[Ebm]The moon o'er the [Ab]combers, looks [Ebm]downward to
[Ab]find us at [Bbm]rest [Db]in [Eb]the [Fm]hol[Gb]lows [Ebm]that [Bbm]rust[Ab]le [Gb]be-[Fm]tween
[Db]Where billow meets [Fm]billow, there [Db]soft be they [Fm]pillow;
Ah [Gbaddb5]wea-----[Gb]ry wee [Bbm]flipperling [Ab]curl at thy [Gb]ease.
[Ebm]The storm shall not [Ab]wake thee, nor [Ebm]shark over [Ab]take thee.
A [Bbm]sleep in the [Fm]arms of the [Gb]slow [Fm]swinging [Bbm]seas,
Gb Fm N.C. Gb Ab Db Fm
A sleep in the arms of the slow swinging seas.____________

[Db] Ooh,_[Fm]_____ [Gb]Ooh,__[Bbm]______[Fm]______[Gb]______
[Ebm]Ooh,__[Ab]___[Ebm]____[Ab]___[Abadd9]______ [Ebm]Ooh,__[Ab]_____
[Bbm]Ooh,__[Fm]______[Gb]___[Fm]____[Bbm]_____
Gb Fm Gb Ab Db [ch]Fm/C[/ch]
Ooh,_______ Ooh,__________________
[ch]Db/F[/ch] Fm Db
Ooh,_______ Ooh,____________________

P.S.
I play chords on the piano.
It will be much easier to play this on guitar if you transpose down one half step
and play with a capo on 1.