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 (133211@1)                      AbIt's (xx1114@1)the shadow in the dark

F (133211@1)                     AbIt's (xx1114@1)the silver in the park

F (133211@1)               AbIt's (xx1114@1)the broken, faded bird

                         Eb (x43121@3)Fyou've (133211@1)learned to call your heart

                         Abit's (xx1114@1)not a border that you can see

Fjust (133211@1)as plain as you or me

                      AbI (xx1114@1)can't throw the lock back

Eb (x43121@3)               Db (x43121@1) Fand (133211@1)I don't have the key

Bridge

(Guitar 1 plays chords)
  
  AGuitar (x02220@1)2(whistling)
E|-----------------|----------------|
B|-------------10--|8----------8-10-|
G|-----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|
A|-----------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|
 
 Bb (x1333x@1)               Fe|-----------------|-5--------------| (133211@1)B|-6----------6----|----------------|
G|--------------7--|----------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|
A|-----------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|

  F (133211@1)               Ae|-----------------|----------------| (x02220@1)B|-------------10--|8----------8-10-|
G|-----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|
A|-----------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|
 
  Eb (x43121@3)              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 (x1333x@1) 		              Fe|-----------------|----------------| (133211@1)B|-----------------|----------------|
G|-----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|
A|-----------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|

Eb (x43121@3) 		              Bbe|-----------------|----------------| (x1333x@1)B|-----------------|----------------|
G|-----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|
A|-----------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|

  F (133211@1)                     
e|-----------------|----------------|
B|-----------------|----------------|
G|-----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|
A|-----------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|
 
Verse

F (133211@1)              AbIt (xx1114@1)hovers in the living room

F (133211@1)             Abjust (xx1114@1)above the door

F (133211@1)                   Abit (xx1114@1)whistles while it hangs there

                          Eb (x43121@3) Ffeathers (133211@1)dripping from every pore

                              Abthey (xx1114@1)show the spectacle of falling

Eb (x43121@3)             Db (x43121@1)Fand (133211@1)settle to the floor

                             Abthey (xx1114@1)show the spectacle of falling

Eb (x43121@3)             Db (x43121@1) Fand (133211@1)settle to the floor


(play the bridge again, then solo over the verse progression)