If You Could Speak Chords & Tabs
If You Could Speak Chords
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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 D#m G#m
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# D#m G#m
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 D#m G#m
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# D#m G#m
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 D#m E B C#m D#m E B
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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 D#m G#m
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# D#m G#m
Remember all you saw and tell it back
E F# B
In the stories when the day is done
E F# D#m G#m
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 D#m E B
---2--------4--------6--------------4-6-7--------|
-4---0-2--5---2-4--7---4-5--5-4-5-7-------7-4----|
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C#m D#m E B
---2--------4--------6----------------------------|
-4---0-2--5---2-4--7---4-5--5-4-5-4--2---0--------|
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Or this way you can play chords and melody
C#m D#m 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---|
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C#m D#m 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-------|
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