Band: Meat Puppets
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                        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
it’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)
  
  A
Guitar 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                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)