Band: Meat Puppets
Song: The Whistling Song
Album: II
Year: 1984
Intro
Guitar 1e||-------------------------------||B||-------------------------------||G||*-15--13-15--13-15--13-15--13-*||D||*-15--13-15--13-15--13-15--13-*||A||--13--13-13--13-13--13-13--13--||E||-------------------------------||
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Verse
F Ab
It's the shadow in the dark
F Ab
It's the silver in the park
F Ab
It's the broken, faded bird
Eb F
you've learned to call your heart
Ab
itÂ’s not a border that you can see
F
just as plain as you or me
Ab
I can't throw the lock back
Eb Db F
and I don't have the key
Bridge
(Guitar 1 plays chords)
AGuitar 2(whistling)E|-----------------|----------------|B|-------------10--|8----------8-10-|G|-----------------|----------------|D|-----------------|----------------|A|-----------------|----------------|E|-----------------|----------------|
Bb Fe|-----------------|-5--------------|B|-6----------6----|----------------|G|--------------7--|----------------|D|-----------------|----------------|A|-----------------|----------------|E|-----------------|----------------|
F Ae|-----------------|----------------|B|-------------10--|8----------8-10-|G|-----------------|----------------|D|-----------------|----------------|A|-----------------|----------------|E|-----------------|----------------|
Eb Gb(9th position)e|-----------------|-5--------------|B|-6----------6----|----------------|G|--------------7--|----------------|D|-----------------|----------------|A|-----------------|----------------|E|-----------------|----------------|
F(8th position Ebe|-----------------|----------------|B|-(improvise)-----|----------------|G|-----------------|----------------|D|-----------------|----------------|A|-----------------|----------------|E|-----------------|----------------|
Bb Fe|-----------------|----------------|B|-----------------|----------------|G|-----------------|----------------|D|-----------------|----------------|A|-----------------|----------------|E|-----------------|----------------|
Eb Bbe|-----------------|----------------|B|-----------------|----------------|G|-----------------|----------------|D|-----------------|----------------|A|-----------------|----------------|E|-----------------|----------------|
F e|-----------------|----------------|B|-----------------|----------------|G|-----------------|----------------|D|-----------------|----------------|A|-----------------|----------------|E|-----------------|----------------|
Verse
F Ab
It hovers in the living room
F Ab
just above the door
F Ab
it whistles while it hangs there
Eb F
feathers dripping from every pore
Ab
they show the spectacle of falling
Eb Db F
and settle to the floor
Ab
they show the spectacle of falling
Eb Db F
and settle to the floor
(play the bridge again, then solo over the verse progression)
