Whistling Past The Graveyard

(Guitar) Verse                               B|----------3--| G|----------4--| D|----------4--|  (Repeat this pattern 7 times one for each lyric line) A|--------2-2--| E|2-4-2-4------| (and on the 8th time it goes up to the <i>Chorus</i> like so)     e|----------------------------| B|----------------------------| G|----------------------------| D|----------------------2-2---| A|--------2-2-4-4-4-5-5-------| E|2-4-2-4---------------------|                                                   e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------2-----------------1-----------------2----------------| A|-----2-2-5--5-5-2------1-1-4--4-4-1------2-2-5--5-5-2------1-1-4--| E|-3-3---------------2-2---------------3-3---------------2-2--------| (And back to the verse pattern shown above) (All this fits beautifully with this bass pattern) Verse G|-----4--4-----------| D|----------4--4------| A|-2-------------5--5-| E|--------------------| <i>Chorus</i>                        G|---------------------|---------------------| D|-5--5----------------|---------------------| A|------5--5-2--2------|-----------1--1------| E|----------------3--3-|-2--2-4--4------2--2-|                                     (back to pattern) G|------------------?---|----------------------------| D|----------------5-23--|-4--4-----------------------| A|------2--2-5--5-------|------4--4--------0---0---2-| E|-3--3-----------------|-----------2----2---2-------| verse 1     Well I come in on a night train       With an arm full of box cars     On the wings of a magpie              Cross a hooligan night     And I busted up a chifforobe          Way out by the cocomo    Cooked up a mess a mulligan            And got into a fight Whistlin’ past the graveyard    Steppin on a crack I’m a mean motherhubbard        Papa one-eyed jack verse 2     You’ve probably seen me sleepin     Out by the railroad tracks     Go on and ask the prince of darkness    What about all that smoke come from the stack     Sometimes I kill myself a jacket    suck out all the blood     Steal myself a station wagon        Drive it through the mud Whistlin’ past the graveyard    Steppin on a crack I’m a mean motherhubbard        Papa one-eyed jack verse 3     I know you seen my headlights       And the honkin’ of my horn     I’m callin’ out my bloodhounds      Chase the devil through the corn     Last night I chugged the Mississippi    Now that sucker’s dry as a bone     Born in a taxi cab     I’m never comin’ home Whistlin’ past the graveyard    Steppin on a crack I’m a mean motherhubbard        Papa one-eyed jack verse 4     My eyes have seen the glory         Of the draining of the ditch     I only come to baton rouge          To find myself a witch     I’m-ona snatch me up a couple of ’em         every time it rains     You see a locomotive prob’ly      thinkin’ it’s a train Whistlin’ past the graveyard    Steppin on a crack I’m a mean motherhubbard        Papa one-eyed jack Verse 5     What you think is the sunshine      Is just a twinkle in my eye     That ring around my fingers   it’s just the 4th of July     When I get a little bit lonesome    And a tear falls from my cheek     There’s gonna be an ocean in the mid - dle of the week Whistlin’ past the graveyard    Steppin on a crack I’m a mean motherhubbard        Papa one-eyed jack Verse 6     I rode into town on a night train   with an arm full of box cars     On the wings of a magpie            cross a hooligan night     I’ma tear me off a rainbow  and wear it for a tie     I never told the truth      so I can never tell a lie Whistlin’ past the graveyard    Steppin on a crack I’m a mean motherhubbard        Papa one-eyed jack