The Whistler

[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