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Pennywhistle

Augie March
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
x3 ///////////
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B|--------2-2---|-------------||-------2-2---|-------------|
G|------2----2-2|----2-2---2-o||-----2----2-2|-------------|
D|--2-2---------|-4-4---4-4--o||-2-2---------|-2-----------|
A|--------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|
E|--------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|
 Just  an ordinary  day, I knew  that autumn was on its way,
 I could see  by the gilt of the clouds,  the burnish on the bay,
 A ring  of effusia settled  on the city like a vision  of the future
 Before the scales  fell away,
 A vision  of the future looking more  than just okay,
A  good feeling
 Yes, just  a good feeling
 And it only happens now and then -
 Out of the mouth  of a black dog,
 Out of the terrors  of 3 am,
 Out of the dark  and whispering fen,
 I was blind  then I could see,  now I'm blind again.
 So I hollered up to Jill,
 "Come down from the mountain, your ears are 'a burning,
 My speech is a fountain, it's been another long year
 But you know I'm not counting,
 I dreamed you like you dreamed me,
 O the bomb dreamed the fuse and the drowner dreamed the sea",
 What a strange feeling...
 Yes, it?s a strange feeling
 And it only happens now and then -
 Out of the mouth of a black dog,
 Out of the terrors of 3 am,
 Out of the dark and whispering fen,
 I was blind then I could see, now I'm blind again.
Most  of the Aegean Sea  rushes into  my bedroom and glitters  for me,
 The hills  of Gallipoli  all throw  up their bones for my  industry,
 So I build  from the charnel the  ale house,
 I build  from the tomb a palace  of dreams,
 That old  barren rockface got silver  seams for a miner  of middling means,
 Singing poems of dissolution and schemes -
 My penny whistles, lo!
 
 Now I summon up Jack, sat up on the hill,
 The wrong kind of music, the wrong kind of pill,
 Impotent as a potato but still pleading "Give it up Mary,
 But not by degrees..."
 A portrait  of Jack, a study  in sin, well I knew  of myself before I  knew of him,
 Now even I  couldn't tell ya just who  it is asking
"Give  it up Mary, but not  by degrees,
Give  it up Mary, your virtue,  please..."
 Into the mouth of a black dog - I go
 Into the terrors of 3 am - I go
 Into the dark and whispering fen - I go
 I was blind then blind again
 Into the mouth of a black dog - I go
 Into the terrors of 3 am - I go
 Into the dark and whispering fen - I go
 O what beast  has my name on its  snaggle tooth,
 And eternal  slobber for my  finishing youth?
 My penny whistles low.

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Readable chord sheet for Pennywhistle by Augie March

[A]             [D]           x3 [Bm]            [D]///////////
E|--------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|
B|--------2-2---|-------------||-------2-2---|-------------|
G|------2----2-2|----2-2---2-o||-----2----2-2|-------------|
D|--2-2---------|-4-4---4-4--o||-2-2---------|-2-----------|
A|--------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|
E|--------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|

J[D]ust an [A]ordinary day, I [D]knew that autumn was on its way,
I could [A]see by the gilt of the [D]clouds, the burnish on the bay,
A [A]ring of effusia [D]settled on the city like a [Bm]vision of the future
Before the [D]scales fell away,
A [Bm]vision of the future looking [D]more than just okay,
[A]A good feeling [D]
Yes, [A]just a good feeling [D]
And it only happens now and then -   [A]             [D]
Out of the [A]mouth of a black dog, [D]
Out of the [A]terrors of 3 a[D]m,
Out of the [A]dark and whispering [D]fen,
I was [Bm]blind then I could [D]see, now I'm blind again.[A]

So I hollered up to Jill,
"Come down from the mountain, your ears are 'a burning,
My speech is a fountain, it's been another long year
But you know I'm not counting,
I dreamed you like you dreamed me,
O the bomb dreamed the fuse and the drowner dreamed the sea",
What a strange feeling...
Yes, it?s a strange feeling
And it only happens now and then -
Out of the mouth of a black dog,
Out of the terrors of 3 am,
Out of the dark and whispering fen,
I was blind then I could see, now I'm blind again.

[A]Most of the Aegean [D]Sea rushes [A]into my bedroom and [D]glitters for me,
The [A]hills of Gallipol[D]i all [Bm]throw up their bones for [D]my industry,

So I [A]build from the charnel [D]the ale house,
I [A]build from the tomb a [D]palace of dreams,
That [A]old barren rockface got [D]silver seams for a [Bm]miner of middling [D]means,

Singing poems of dissolution and schemes -
My penny whistles, [A]lo!

 [A]    [D]   [A]   [D]   [A]   [D]   [Bm]   [D]

Now I summon up Jack, sat up on the hill,
The wrong kind of music, the wrong kind of pill,
Impotent as a potato but still pleading "Give it up Mary,
But not by degrees..."

A [A]portrait of Jack, a [D]study in sin, well I [A]knew of myself before I[D] knew of him,
Now even [A]I couldn't tell ya just [D]who it is asking
[Bm]"Give it up Mary, but [D]not by degrees,
[Bm]Give it up Mary, your [D]virtue, ple[E]ase..."

Into the mouth of a black dog - I go
Into the terrors of 3 am - I go
Into the dark and whispering fen - I go
I was blind then blind again
Into the mouth of a black dog - I go
Into the terrors of 3 am - I go
Into the dark and whispering fen - I go
O what [Bm]beast has my name on its[D] snaggle tooth,
And [Bm]eternal slobber for my[D] finishing you[E]th?
My penny whistles [A]low.

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