Chords for Kevin Welch "Flycatcher Jack & The Whippoorwill's Song"
Tempo:
80.55 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
A
G
F#
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bm]
[F#]
[Bm] Wind is warm as mother's milk, steady as a siren.
Though my whiskers smell of soap, my pistol smells of iron.
[G] This front porch is higher than the rest of this poor town.
[Bm] I piss every day [A] away, watch the sun [Bm] go down.
[F#] [Bm] If I was a gambling man the way I used to be,
Those downtown gals would gather round just to watch the likes of me.
[G] And those lazy bones would tumble, those lazy bones would roll.
[Bm] I'd pick out my downtown [A] gal, give her [Bm] all my gold.
[A] Hey, [Bm] hey, Whippoorville [A] sings all [Bm] kinds of foolish things.
All I know [A] is if I had wings, I'd be [Bm] gone by now.
Yeah.
[F#] Now once a year this old hotel fills up at harvest time.
Mexicans and gypsy kids, mostly friends of [F#] mine.
They [G] all come in at sundown, fill my whiskey glass.
[Bm] They sit and sing a song with [A] me, the [Bm] evening [A] pass.
Well in the old days I worked with them, I worked till the work was done.
The crew we had back in those days, we were always number one.
[G] Northward with the seasons, [D] southward in the fall.
[Bm] Till I got hurt in the oil [A] patch, boys, [Bm] I had it all.
[A] Hey, [Bm] hey, Whippoorville [A] sings all [Bm] kinds of crazy things.
All I know [A] is if I had wings, I'd be [Bm] gone by now.
Yeah.
Whoa.
[G] [D]
[Bm] [B] [Bm]
This year we had no rain at all, not a single crop came in.
Nothing moves on Main Street now but an Oklahoma wind.
[G] And I am just a shadow of the man I used to be.
[B] And I wish I had someone to sing [A] the long [Bm] black veil with me.
[A] Hey, hey, [Bm] Whippoorville [A] sings all [Bm] kinds of foolish things.
All I know [D] is if I had wings, man, I'd be [Bm] gone by now.
[A] Hey, hey, [Bm] Whippoorville [A] sings all kinds [Bm] of foolish things.
All I know is if I had wings, well, I'd be [Bm] gone [F#] by now.
[B] [Bm] [D]
[F#]
[Bm] Wind is warm as mother's milk, steady as a siren.
Though my whiskers smell of soap, my pistol smells of iron.
[G] This front porch is higher than the rest of this poor town.
[Bm] I piss every day [A] away, watch the sun [Bm] go down.
[F#] [Bm] If I was a gambling man the way I used to be,
Those downtown gals would gather round just to watch the likes of me.
[G] And those lazy bones would tumble, those lazy bones would roll.
[Bm] I'd pick out my downtown [A] gal, give her [Bm] all my gold.
[A] Hey, [Bm] hey, Whippoorville [A] sings all [Bm] kinds of foolish things.
All I know [A] is if I had wings, I'd be [Bm] gone by now.
Yeah.
[F#] Now once a year this old hotel fills up at harvest time.
Mexicans and gypsy kids, mostly friends of [F#] mine.
They [G] all come in at sundown, fill my whiskey glass.
[Bm] They sit and sing a song with [A] me, the [Bm] evening [A] pass.
Well in the old days I worked with them, I worked till the work was done.
The crew we had back in those days, we were always number one.
[G] Northward with the seasons, [D] southward in the fall.
[Bm] Till I got hurt in the oil [A] patch, boys, [Bm] I had it all.
[A] Hey, [Bm] hey, Whippoorville [A] sings all [Bm] kinds of crazy things.
All I know [A] is if I had wings, I'd be [Bm] gone by now.
Yeah.
Whoa.
[G] [D]
[Bm] [B] [Bm]
This year we had no rain at all, not a single crop came in.
Nothing moves on Main Street now but an Oklahoma wind.
[G] And I am just a shadow of the man I used to be.
[B] And I wish I had someone to sing [A] the long [Bm] black veil with me.
[A] Hey, hey, [Bm] Whippoorville [A] sings all [Bm] kinds of foolish things.
All I know [D] is if I had wings, man, I'd be [Bm] gone by now.
[A] Hey, hey, [Bm] Whippoorville [A] sings all kinds [Bm] of foolish things.
All I know is if I had wings, well, I'd be [Bm] gone [F#] by now.
[B] [Bm] [D]
Key:
Bm
A
G
F#
D
Bm
A
G
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [Bm] Wind is warm as mother's milk, steady as a siren.
Though my whiskers smell of soap, my pistol smells of iron.
[G] This front porch is higher than the rest of this poor town.
[Bm] I piss every day [A] away, watch the sun [Bm] go down.
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] If I was a gambling man the way I used to be,
Those downtown gals would gather round just to watch the likes of me.
[G] And those lazy bones would tumble, those lazy bones would roll.
[Bm] I'd pick out my downtown [A] gal, give her [Bm] all my gold. _
[A] Hey, [Bm] hey, Whippoorville [A] sings all [Bm] kinds of foolish things.
All I know [A] is if I had wings, I'd be [Bm] gone by _ now.
_ Yeah. _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ Now once a year this old hotel fills up at harvest time.
_ Mexicans and gypsy kids, mostly friends of [F#] mine.
They [G] all come in at sundown, fill my whiskey glass.
[Bm] They sit and sing a song with [A] me, the [Bm] evening _ [A] pass. _
_ Well in the old days I worked with them, I worked till the work was done.
The crew we had back in those days, we were always number one.
[G] Northward with the seasons, [D] southward in the fall.
[Bm] Till I got hurt in the oil [A] patch, boys, [Bm] I had it all.
_ [A] Hey, [Bm] hey, Whippoorville [A] sings all [Bm] kinds of crazy things.
All I know [A] is if I had wings, I'd be [Bm] gone by now. _ _
Yeah. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Whoa. _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ This year we had no rain at all, not a single crop came in.
Nothing moves on Main Street now but an Oklahoma wind.
[G] And I am just a shadow of the man I used to be.
[B] And I wish I had someone to sing [A] the long [Bm] black veil with _ me.
[A] Hey, hey, [Bm] Whippoorville [A] sings all [Bm] kinds of foolish things.
All I know [D] is if I had wings, man, I'd be [Bm] gone by now.
_ [A] Hey, hey, [Bm] Whippoorville [A] sings all kinds [Bm] of foolish things.
All I know is if I had wings, _ _ _ well, I'd be [Bm] gone [F#] by now.
_ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [Bm] Wind is warm as mother's milk, steady as a siren.
Though my whiskers smell of soap, my pistol smells of iron.
[G] This front porch is higher than the rest of this poor town.
[Bm] I piss every day [A] away, watch the sun [Bm] go down.
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] If I was a gambling man the way I used to be,
Those downtown gals would gather round just to watch the likes of me.
[G] And those lazy bones would tumble, those lazy bones would roll.
[Bm] I'd pick out my downtown [A] gal, give her [Bm] all my gold. _
[A] Hey, [Bm] hey, Whippoorville [A] sings all [Bm] kinds of foolish things.
All I know [A] is if I had wings, I'd be [Bm] gone by _ now.
_ Yeah. _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ Now once a year this old hotel fills up at harvest time.
_ Mexicans and gypsy kids, mostly friends of [F#] mine.
They [G] all come in at sundown, fill my whiskey glass.
[Bm] They sit and sing a song with [A] me, the [Bm] evening _ [A] pass. _
_ Well in the old days I worked with them, I worked till the work was done.
The crew we had back in those days, we were always number one.
[G] Northward with the seasons, [D] southward in the fall.
[Bm] Till I got hurt in the oil [A] patch, boys, [Bm] I had it all.
_ [A] Hey, [Bm] hey, Whippoorville [A] sings all [Bm] kinds of crazy things.
All I know [A] is if I had wings, I'd be [Bm] gone by now. _ _
Yeah. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Whoa. _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ This year we had no rain at all, not a single crop came in.
Nothing moves on Main Street now but an Oklahoma wind.
[G] And I am just a shadow of the man I used to be.
[B] And I wish I had someone to sing [A] the long [Bm] black veil with _ me.
[A] Hey, hey, [Bm] Whippoorville [A] sings all [Bm] kinds of foolish things.
All I know [D] is if I had wings, man, I'd be [Bm] gone by now.
_ [A] Hey, hey, [Bm] Whippoorville [A] sings all kinds [Bm] of foolish things.
All I know is if I had wings, _ _ _ well, I'd be [Bm] gone [F#] by now.
_ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _