Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
Up to my ears
In bitter tears
Can't believe I've sunk this low
As I walk the plankton
Inner sanctum
Got outta dodge
Sailed on a bon-less bon voyage
You said North I headed South
Tossed overboard
Good Lord, that's a really large mouth
Chorus
I'm sleeping with fishes here
In the belly of the whale
I'm highly nutritious here
In the belly of the whale
Bad food, lousy atmosphere
I don't wanna bellyache
How long is this gonna take
Woke up this morning kinda blue
Thinking through that age-old question
How to exit a whale's digestion
It might behoove me to be heaved
Head out like a human comet
Chorus
I'm sleeping with fishes here
In the belly of the whale
I'm highly nutritious here
In the belly of the whale
I'm ready to reappear
I don't wanna bellyache
Lord, how long's this gonna take
End times they come rolling around
Enzymes they come breaking us down to the core
The good Lord grants we all get a second chance
Chorus
I'm one of the dishes here
In the belly of the whale
They say I'm delicious here
In the belly of the whale
Lord, please make him chuck me out
It's a gut call
in the belly of the whale
I'm in the belly of the whale
In the belly of the whale
I'm in the belly
In the belly of the whale
I'm in the belly of the whale
In the belly of the whale
I'm in the belly
In the belly of the whale
In an underwater jail
It's a tight squeeze
It's a-gettin' to me
But it's roomier than the tail
Hey, sailor
Got my flow free
Like a salmon to the sea
From the L.A. Symphony
I'm a paddleboat
Paddlin' in their wake
A fake free-styler
But my unemployment pays
I'm avoiding cliches
Like "whale of a tale" stale
Or "you can't keep
A good man down,"
'Cause you can
And I've been there man
But I've been expectorated
I'm elated
I'm free
Like Willie
Happy day
Oops that's a bit of a cliche
Now the guitar plays this:
While they repeat the same line:
"In the belly of the whale"