Chord/Tab song: The Whistling Song

Band: Meat Puppets
Song: The Whistling Song
Album: II
Year: 1984

Intro

Guitar 1

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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)

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[Bb] [F]

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[F] [A]

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Eb Gb(9th position)

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F(8th position Eb

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[Bb] [F]

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[Eb] [Bb]

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[F]

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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)