Fish & Whistle

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Fish Whistle
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(Souvenirs LP Version)
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I been thinking lately about the people I meet
The carwash on the corner and the hole in the
street The way my ankles hurt with shoes on my
feet and Im wondering if Im gonna see
tomorrow I was in the army but I never dug a
trench I used to bust my knuckles on a monkey
wrench Then Id go to town and drink and give the
girls a pinch but I dont think they ever even
noticed me On my very first job I said thank you
and please They made me scrub a parking lot down
on my knees Then I got fired for being scared of
bees and they only gave me fifty cents an hour
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Same picking pattern as above
Father forgive us for what we must do You forgive
us we'll forgive you We'll forgive each other
till we both turn blue Then we'll whistle and go
fishing in Heaven
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On the Souvenirs version, its hard to hear a
distinct picking pattern during the chorus, so I
just strum along
Fish and whistle, whistle and fish eat everything
that they put on your dish and when we get
through well make a big wish that we never have
to do this again Again Again
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tFish and Whistle st(John Prine)
GOn my very first job I said C"thank you" and
G"please" They Cmade me scrub a Gparking
lot Ddown on my knees GThen I got fired for
Cbeing scared of bees And they Gonly give me
Dfifty cents and Ghour ciRepeat Chorus
ciInstrumental G C G C G D G
C G D G DFish and whistle Whistle
and fish GEat every thing that they put on your
dish And Cwhen we get through we'll Gmake a
big wish That we A7never have to do this
D7again Again? Again??? ciRepeat Chorus
ciEnding GWe'll whistle and go Dfishing
in GHeaven GWe'll whistle and go Dfishing
in GHeaven ciRepeat and fade G C G
C G D G C G D G
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Prine) ciIntro G C D7 G G C
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Gshot It's dying on the edge of the Great
MidCwest SaD7bu must tour or forever Grest
ciChorus soc GHey look Ma here comes
the elephant boy CBundled all up in his
corduroy D7Headed down south towards Illinois
From the jungles of East St. GPaul eoc His
Gmanager sat in the office Calone StD7aring
at the numbers on the telGephone Wondering how
a man could send a child Cactor To viD7sit in
the land of the wind chill faGctor ciRepeat
Chorus ciInstrumental G C D7 G G
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stCunk The aiD7rlines lost the elephant's
trGunk The roadie got the rabies, the scabies
and the Cflu They was D7low on morale but
they was high on G ciRepeat Chorus
ciEnding From the D7jungles of East St.
GPaul From the D7jungles of East St. GPaul