The Whistling Song Tabs & Lyrics by Meat Puppets

The Whistling Song

guitar tabs lyrics

Meat Puppets

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)