{"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":1907905,"song":"Whistle Down The Wind","artist":"Tom Waits","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1907905-whistle-down-the-wind-chords-by-tom-waits/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1907905?type=chord","rating":4.48925,"votes":27,"content":"  WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND  -  TOM WAITS\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI grew up here now all of my life[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I dreamed someday I'd go[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nWhere the blue-eyed girls and red guitars and[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe naked rivers flow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] \r\nI'm not all I thought I'd be[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI always stayed around[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]        \r\nI've been as far as Mercy and Grand[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nFrozen to the ground[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI can't stay here and I'm scared to leave[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]     \r\nJust kiss me once and then[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll go to hell, I might as well[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBe whistlin' down the wind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe bus is at the corner[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe clock on the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBroken down windmill[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere's no wind at all[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI've yelled and I cursed[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf I stay here I'll rust[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI'm stuck like a shipwreck[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOut here in the dust[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental Break]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe sky is red and the world's on fire[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]    \r\nAnd the corn is taller than me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe dog is tied to a wagon of rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the road is as wet as the sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd sometimes the music from a dance[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#m[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWill carry across the plains[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd the places that I'm dreaming of[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nDo they dream only of me?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere are places where they never sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]     \r\nAnd the circus never ends[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I will take the Marleybone coach[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd be whistling down the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nso I will take the Marleybone coach[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhistling down the wind[/tab]","plain_text":"WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND  -  TOM WAITS\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental Break]\nD A D G Em A D D A D G Em A D G D\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]","chords":["D","A","G","Em","F#m","A7","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]}}}