Band: Meat Puppets
Song: The Whistling Song
Album: II
Year: 1984
Intro
Guitar 1
Verse
[F]It's the shadow in the da[Ab]rk
[F]It's the silver in the p[Ab]ark
[F]It's the broken, f[Ab]aded bird
you've learned to call yo[Eb]ur heart[F]
it?s not a border that yo[Ab]u can see
[F]just as plain as you or me
I can't throw the lock[Ab] back
[Eb]and I don't have th[Db]e key[F]
Bridge
(Guitar 1 plays chords)
Gu[A]itar 2(whistling)
[Bb] [F]
[F] [A]
Eb Gb(9th position)
F(8th position Eb
[Bb] [F]
[Eb] [Bb]
[F]
Verse
[F]It hovers in the [Ab]living room
[F]just above the d[Ab]oor
[F]it whistles while it h[Ab]angs there
feathers dripping from eve[Eb]ry po[F]re
they show the spectacle of fal[Ab]ling
[Eb]and settle to the[Db] flo[F]or
they show the spectacle of fa[Ab]lling
[Eb]and settle to the[Db] floo[F]r
(play the bridge again, then solo over the verse progression)
Song: The Whistling Song
Album: II
Year: 1984
Intro
Guitar 1
e||-------------------------------||
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||-------------------------------||
e||---------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------||
G||-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-||
D||-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-||
A||--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--||
E||---------------------------------------||
Verse
[F]It's the shadow in the da[Ab]rk
[F]It's the silver in the p[Ab]ark
[F]It's the broken, f[Ab]aded bird
you've learned to call yo[Eb]ur heart[F]
it?s not a border that yo[Ab]u can see
[F]just as plain as you or me
I can't throw the lock[Ab] back
[Eb]and I don't have th[Db]e key[F]
Bridge
(Guitar 1 plays chords)
Gu[A]itar 2(whistling)
E|-----------------|----------------|
B|-------------10--|8----------8-10-|
G|-----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|
A|-----------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|
[Bb] [F]
e|-----------------|-5--------------|
B|-6----------6----|----------------|
G|--------------7--|----------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|
A|-----------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|
[F] [A]
e|-----------------|----------------|
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 Eb
e|-----------------|----------------|
B|-(improvise)-----|----------------|
G|-----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|
A|-----------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|
[Bb] [F]
e|-----------------|----------------|
B|-----------------|----------------|
G|-----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|
A|-----------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|
[Eb] [Bb]
e|-----------------|----------------|
B|-----------------|----------------|
G|-----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|
A|-----------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|
[F]
e|-----------------|----------------|
B|-----------------|----------------|
G|-----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|
A|-----------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|
Verse
[F]It hovers in the [Ab]living room
[F]just above the d[Ab]oor
[F]it whistles while it h[Ab]angs there
feathers dripping from eve[Eb]ry po[F]re
they show the spectacle of fal[Ab]ling
[Eb]and settle to the[Db] flo[F]or
they show the spectacle of fa[Ab]lling
[Eb]and settle to the[Db] floo[F]r
(play the bridge again, then solo over the verse progression)