"THE WHISTLER"

Intro: Abm

     Abm         F#
I'll buy you six bay mares to put in your stable
Abm        F#                   C#
Six golden apples bought with my pay.
  Abm          F#
I am the first piper who calls the sweet tune,
   Abm        F#                C#
But I must be gone by the seventh day.

Chorus:
Bb      F    Ab         Eb
So come on, I'm the whistler.
Bb        F          Ab          Eb
I have a fife and a drum to play.
Bb    F   Ab        Eb
Get ready for the whistler.
Gm                     F
I whistle along on the seventh day
Gm                   F
Whistle along on the seventh day.

Instrumental:
A/G A/G A/G A/G x2

Abm           F#
All kinds of sadness I've left behind me.
Abm        F#               C#
Many's the day when I have done wrong.
    Abm      F#
But I wll be yours for ever and ever.
Abm          F#                  C#
Climb in the saddle and whistle along.

Chorus

Instrumental:
A/G A/G A/G A/G x2
D/C D/C D/C D/C

     Abm         F#      
Deep red are the sun-sets in mystical places.
Abm           F#                  C#
Black are the nights on summer-day sands.
Abm            F#       
We'll find the speck of truth in each riddle.
Abm            F#                  C#
Hold the first grain of love in our hands.

Chorus x2

Instrumental:
A/G A/G A/G A/G x2
D/C D/C D/C D/C x2