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I am the last of the great whales and I am dying
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My soul has been torn from me and I am bleeding
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My heart it has been rent and I am crying
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All the beauty around me fades and I am screaming
G C G C D G
I am the last of the great whales and I am dying
[Verse 2]
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Last night I heard the cry of my last companion
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The roar of the harpoon gun and then I was alone
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I thought of the days gone by when we were thousands
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But I know that I soon must die the last leviathan
[Verse 3]
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This morning the sun did rise Crimson in the north sky
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The ice was the colour of blood and the winds they did sigh
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I rose for to take a breath it was my last one
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From a gun came the roar of death and now I am done
[Verse 4]
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Oh now that we are all gone there's no more hunting
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The big fellow is no more it's no use lamenting
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What race will be next in line? All for the slaughter
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The elephant or the seal or your sons and daughters
[Verse 5]
G C G C D G
My soul has been torn from me and I am bleeding
G C G C D G
My heart it has been rent and I am crying
G C G F G C
All the beauty around me fades and I am screaming
G C G C D G
I am the last of the great whales and I am dying
