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