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|-----------------|----------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/m/meat-puppets/187985.html ]
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)
