GREAT WHITE SHARK
As recorded by Big Thief
(From the 2017 Album CAPACITY)



[Intro]
        


[Verse 1]
          
Mercury, creep

           
ing on the sea
            
How she wails,

             
 flails her ar

       
ms and weeps
      
Accumulation o

    
f debris
        
Lips apart, fl

            
apping as a la

rk
       
For in the dar

             
k there is rel

ease


[Chorus]
           
Every familiar

              
ity scarce as 

              
the great whit

  
e shark


[Interlude]
        


[Verse 2]
          
Oh, to build w

              
alls with gold

   
en gills
            
Spike in hand,

             
 high above th

   
e sand
       
To kill the sa

     
nctuary
 
Every mile tha

t is owned
         
Only stands st

             
ill by the gra

              
ce of the ston

    
e


[Interlude]
        
     


[Chorus]
           
Every familiar

              
ity scares as 

              
the great whit

  
e shark


[Interlude]
        


[Verse 3]
             
Look, daughter

    
 an owl
             
Listen to her 


howl
         
I howled when 

            
you were born 

        
through me
            
And you're ali

              
ve with a brea

   
th you can't s

ee
             
Oh, by the gra

           
ce of this dre

am