Jethro Tull – The Whistler (Ukulele)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 20:15:58 +0200 (CEST) From: Peter Eybert <[email protected]> Subject: CRD: The Whistler by Jethro Tull written by Ian Anderson performed by Jethro Tull from "Songs From The Wood", 1977 transcribed by Peter Eybert <[email protected]> [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 -- [email protected]