Biography:
The New Basement Tapes is a collaboration between Elvis Costello, Rhiannon Giddens of Carolina Chocolate Drops, Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, and Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons. Their album Lost on the River (2014) was produced by T-Bone Burnett and consists of songs based on recently discovered lyrics that Bob Dylan handwrote in 1967.
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The Whistle Is Blowing
Performed by Marcus Mumford. Standard tuning on acoustic. This is how I play it and
it sounds good.
C/G E Am Am/G F/C
The whistle is blowing, and the train is going
C/G G C
Just what's gonna happen next, well, I'm not one to say
C/G E Am Am/G F/C
I'm sitting here yearning while those wheels keep turning
C/G G C
"I'll be gone by tonight," she told me today
C/G E Am Am/G F/C
And next door to the cornstalk by the side of this sheet rock
C/G G C
I will wait for the morning like a dog in the moon
F/C C
Blow, blow on
F/C C
Blow, blow on
C/G E Am Am/G F/C
Oh the minutes go slow now, and I hope it don't snow now
C/G G C
'Cause it's quiet and still and that train's out of sight
C/G E Am Am/G F/C
All we need is a fat storm to blow by the platform
C/G G C
Oh dear me, that woman, that woman's always right
F/C C
Blow, blow on
F/C C
Blow, blow on
(I repeat chords: C/G E Am Am/G F/C C/G G C )
F/C C
Blow, blow on
F/C C
Blow, blow on
C/G E Am Am/G F/C
The whistle is blowing, and the train is going
C/G G C
Just what's gonna happen next, well, I'm not the one to say
Performed by Marcus Mumford. Standard tuning on acoustic. This is how I play it and
it sounds good.
C/G E Am Am/G F/C
The whistle is blowing, and the train is going
C/G G C
Just what's gonna happen next, well, I'm not one to say
C/G E Am Am/G F/C
I'm sitting here yearning while those wheels keep turning
C/G G C
"I'll be gone by tonight," she told me today
C/G E Am Am/G F/C
And next door to the cornstalk by the side of this sheet rock
C/G G C
I will wait for the morning like a dog in the moon
F/C C
Blow, blow on
F/C C
Blow, blow on
C/G E Am Am/G F/C
Oh the minutes go slow now, and I hope it don't snow now
C/G G C
'Cause it's quiet and still and that train's out of sight
C/G E Am Am/G F/C
All we need is a fat storm to blow by the platform
C/G G C
Oh dear me, that woman, that woman's always right
F/C C
Blow, blow on
F/C C
Blow, blow on
(I repeat chords: C/G E Am Am/G F/C C/G G C )
F/C C
Blow, blow on
F/C C
Blow, blow on
C/G E Am Am/G F/C
The whistle is blowing, and the train is going
C/G G C
Just what's gonna happen next, well, I'm not the one to say
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