Elton John – Tell Me When The Whistle Blows (Guitar)

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[Intro] Dm7 [Verse]
          Dm7             
There's a dusty old gutter, he's lying in now.
Umm, he's blind and he's old.
              G           A7              Dm7
And there's a bottle that rolled down the road.

Dm7             
Me I'm young, and I'm so wild - and I still feel the need

        G              A         Bm
of your apron strings once in a while.

             A                    E           G          Dm7
For there's taxicabs hooting, but I can't be footloose forever.

    A                              E
My suitcase it's a cheap one.  My darling she's a dear one.

    G7                        C
My head's feeling light as a feather.
[Chorus]
         G                          Dm
Take my ears and tell me when the whistle blows.

        G                        Dm
Wake me up and tell me when the whistle blows.

Dm             A                 Bm                G
Long lost and lonely boy you're just a black sheep going home.

   D                 A         G7     D             A       G.   G7
I want to feel your wheels of steel - underneath my itching heels.

         D       G               A       Bm  
Take my money - tell me when the whistle blows.

Dm7
Guitar

Dm7                
Part of me asked the young man for the time

                               G        A7            Dm7
With a cool vacant stare - of undue concern he said, "Nine".

Dm7                   
It's not so bad but I really do love the land.

Dm7                                                G    A            Bm
And rather all this than those diamante lovers in Hyde Park holding hands.

         A                       E         G7           Dm7
Blowing heat through my fingers trying to kill off this cold.

          A                            E
Will the street kids remember?  Can I still shoot a fast cue?

          G7                        C
Has this country kid still got his soul?