Tell Me When The Whistle Blows chords by Elton John

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

TELL ME WHEN THE WHISTLE BLOWS
Elton John

C majorC --- 005550

Intro:
DmDm

Verse:
     DmDm       C majorC  - DmDm
There's a dusty old gutter      he's lying in now.
DmDm
Umm, he's blind and he's old.
       G7G7      A augmentedA       DmDm
And there's a bottle that rolls down the road.
DmDm        C majorC   - DmDm
Me I'm young     and I'm so wild - and I still feel the need
       G+G       A augmentedA     B minorBm
   of your apron strings once in a while.
       A augmentedA          E MajorE      G7G7     DmDm
For there's taxicabs hooting, but I can't be footloose forever.
  A augmentedA               E MajorE
My suitcase it's a cheap one. My darling she's a dear one.
  G7G7            C majorC
My head's feeling light as a feather.

Chorus:
 G7G7            DmDm
Take my ears and tell me when the whistle blows.
    G7G7           DmDm
Wake me up and tell me when the whistle blows.
DmDm       A augmentedA         B minorBm        G7G7
Long lost and lonely boy you're just a black sheep going home.
  DmDm        A augmentedA     G7G7   D MajorD       A augmentedA    G7G7
I want to feel your wheels of steel - underneath my itching heels.
     D MajorD    G7G7       A7A7    B minorBm D MajorD F#F# D MajorD  BB D MajorD F#F# D MajorD
Take my money - tell me when the whistle blows.


DmDm         C majorC    - DmDm
Part of me asked the young man for the time
DmDm              G7G7    A augmentedA       DmDm
With a cool vacant stare - of undue concern he said, "Nine".
DmDm           C majorC    - DmDm
It's not so bad but I really do love the land.
DmDm                         G+G  A augmentedA      B minorBm
And rather all this than those diamante lovers in Hyde Park holding hands.
     A augmentedA            E MajorE     G7G7      DmDm
Blowing heat through my fingers trying to kill off this cold.
     A augmentedA              E MajorE
Will the street kids remember? Can I still shoot a fast cue?
     G7G7            C majorC
Has this country kid still got his soul?