{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1822084,"song":"Whistle And A Grin","artist":"The Stanfields","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11402305-whistle-and-a-grin-chords-by-the-stanfields/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1822084?type=chord","rating":0.05491,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI’m what you’d call a bettin’ man[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I live from pay to pay[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI’m a high card stud of mongrel blood[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd a zero on the day[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell I’m no sage nor soothsayer[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nnor arbiter of truth[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI’m high on risk and low on temper[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd long in the tooth[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell I'm long in the tooth[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI’m wide awake on the losing end of it[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBetter check my pride and take it on the chin[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith a Whistle and a Grin[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith a Whistle and a Grin[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude 1]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] \r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  \r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] \r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA buxom belle with a surefire tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas barking up my tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI couldn’t take her money[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe was making eyes at me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh so fine with a low neck line[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nReckless fast and loose[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe giggled as she drew me in[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd tightened up the noose,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYeah she tightened up the noose[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI’m wide awake on the losing end of it[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBetter check my pride and take it on the chin[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith a Whistle and a Grin[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith a Whistle and a Grin[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude 2]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] -\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  \r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] \r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n(This is essentially the same as Interlude 1, only with key changed to A and[/tab]\r\n in the end going back to D.)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI used the brain between my legs[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThrew in the kitchen sink[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat painted up bamboozler[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nleft me staring in my drink[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo plumb the depths inside my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbut I can't seem to find[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe morale of the story[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nor a little piece of mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust a little piece of mind[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI’m wide awake on the losing end of it[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBetter check my pride and take it on the chin[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith a Whistle and a Grin[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith a Whistle and a Grin[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith a Whistle and a Grin[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith a Whistle and a Grin[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] \r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  \r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] \r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n(same as Interlude 1, except the ending)[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude 1]\nD D C Em \nD D Am G  \nD D C Em \nD D C D D\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude 2]\nA A G Bm -\nA A Em D  \nA A Em Bm \nA A G A A \n\n in the end going back to D.)\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nD D C Em \nD D Am G  \nD D C Em","chords":["D","C","G","Em","Bm","Am","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}