TELL ME WHEN THE WHISTLE BLOWS
Elton John
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[Intro]
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[Verse]
Dm C - Dm
There's a dusty old gutter he's lying in now.
Dm
Umm, he's blind and he's old.
G7 A Dm
And there's a bottle that rolls down the road.
Dm C - Dm
Me I'm young and I'm so wild - and I still feel the need
G A Bm
of your apron strings once in a while.
A E G7 Dm
For there's taxicabs hooting, but I can't be footloose forever.
A E
My suitcase it's a cheap one. My darling she's a dear one.
G7 C
My head's feeling light as a feather.
[Chorus]
G7 Dm
Take my ears and tell me when the whistle blows.
G7 Dm
Wake me up and tell me when the whistle blows.
Dm A Bm G7
Long lost and lonely boy you're just a black sheep going home.
Dm A G7 D A G7
I want to feel your wheels of steel - underneath my itching heels.
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Take my money - tell me when the whistle blows.
Dm C - Dm
Part of me asked the young man for the time
Dm G7 A Dm
With a cool vacant stare - of undue concern he said, "Nine".
Dm C - Dm
It's not so bad but I really do love the land.
Dm G A Bm
And rather all this than those diamante lovers in Hyde Park holding hands.
A E G7 Dm
Blowing heat through my fingers trying to kill off this cold.
A E
Will the street kids remember? Can I still shoot a fast cue?
G7 C
Has this country kid still got his soul?