The Whistling Song Tab

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)
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