If You Could Speak


ubi_rex@hotmail.com The whistle solo is tabbed out at the bottom. B F# E F# B F# E F# I got out of bed and came here for adventure. B F# E F# I stepped on a stone on the way. B7 E Ebm Abm I took off my shoe and a dog came towards me E F# B B7 wagging his tail happily. E F# B Dog, if you could speak, you'd know what to do. E F# B Simply turn around and run. E F# Ebm Abm Dog, if you could speak, you bury your bone E F# B and you show me the way back home. B F# E F# Got out of bed, and I put on my sun suit. B F# E F# Blue checky shirt and a dress. B7 E Ebm Abm Nothing was left for a girl in pajamas. E F# B B7 No breakfast, no kindness, no cake. E F# B Girl, if you could speak, you’d know what to do E F# B B7 Ages left a gift with you E F# Ebm Abm Rent a cheap second-hand crystal ball E F# B I will trust my future to you (w h i s t l e s) C#m Ebm E B C#m Ebm E B B F# E F# I got out of bed when the springs wouldn’t have me B F# E F# They fired me up like a gun B7 E Ebm Abm Fell into my suit and I walked to breakfast E F# B B7 Green leafs and blue sky and sun E F# B Boy, if you could speak, you’d know what to do E F# B B7 You’d sit and let the world go round E F# Ebm Abm Remember all you saw and tell it back E F# B In the stories when the day is done E F# Ebm Abm Remember all you saw and tell it back E F# B In the stories when the day is done Whistle solo transcribed 2 octaves down: C#m Ebm E B ---2--------4--------6--------------4-6-7--------| -4---0-2--5---2-4--7---4-5--5-4-5-7-------7-4----| -------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------| C#m Ebm E B ---2--------4--------6----------------------------| -4---0-2--5---2-4--7---4-5--5-4-5-4--2---0--------| --------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------| Or this way you can play chords and melody C#m Ebm E B -------4--------6---------7------------6-7-------| -4-7---5----9---7----11---9--------7-9---7-7-----| -----4-6--9---6-8--11---8-9--9-8-9-------8---8---| -------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------| C#m Ebm E B -------4--------6---------7----------------------| -4-7---5----9---7----11---9----------6---4-------| -----4-6--9---6-8--11---8-9--9-8-9-8-----4-------| -----------------------------------------4-------| -----------------------------------------2-------| -------------------------------------------------|