ACTIVITY
The Whistler
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The Whistler
written by Ian Anderson
performed by Jethro Tull
from "Songs From The Wood", 1977
transcribed by Peter Eybert
[Capo on 1st fret]
Gm Fsus2/C Gm Fsus2/C
Gm F Dm C
I'll buy you six bay mares to put in your stable
Gm Dm F C
six golden apples bought with my pay.
Gm F Dm C
I am the first piper who calls the sweet tune,
Gm Dm F C A
but I must be gone by the seventh day.
E G D A
So come on, I'm the whistler.
E G D A
I have a fife and a drum to play.
E G D F#m
Get ready for the whistler.
D E F#m
I whistle along on the seventh day
E G#
whistle along on the seventh day.
G# F# G# F# C# G# F# G# F# C# G# F# G# F#
Gm Fsus2/C Gm Fsus2/C
Gm F Dm C
All kinds of sadness I've left behind me.
Gm Dm F C
Many's the day when I have done wrong.
Gm F Dm C
But I'll be yours for ever and ever.
Gm Dm F C A
Climb in the saddle and whistle along.
E G D A
So come on, I'm the whistler.
E G D A
I have a fife and a drum to play.
E G D F#m
Get ready for the whistler.
D E F#m
I whistle along on the seventh day
E G#
whistle along on the seventh day.
G# F# G# F# C# G# F# G# F# C# G# F# G# F#
C# B C# B F# C# B
Gm Fsus2/C Gm Fsus2/C
Gm F Dm C
Deep red are the sunsets in mystical places.
Gm Dm F C
Black are the nights on summerday sands.
Gm F Dm C
We'll find the speck of truth in each riddle.
Gm Dm F C A
Hold the first grain of love in our hands.
E G D A
So come on, I'm the whistler.
E G D A
I have a fife and a drum to play.
E G D F#m
Get ready for the whistler.
D E F#m
I whistle along on the seventh day
D E
whistle along on the seventh day.
N.C. E G D A
So come on, I'm a whistler.
E G D A
I have a fife and a drum to play.
E G D F#m
Get ready for the whistler.
D E F#m
I whistle along on the seventh day
D E G#
whistle along on the seventh day.
G# F# G# F# C# G# F# G# F# C# G# F# G# F#
C# B C# B F# C# B C# B F# C# B C# B
Fsus2/C = x33011
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