Elton John - Tell Me When the Whistle Blows: chords

          Dm
There's a dusty old gutter he's lying in now
Mmm, He's blind and he's old
              G7           A              Dm
And there's a bottle that rolls down the road.
Me, I'm young and I'm so wild
And I still feel the need
        G             A          Bm
of your apron strings once in a while.
             A                    E/G#        G7         Dm
For there's taxicabs hooting, but I can't be footloose forever.
    A                             E/G#
My suitcase it's a cheap one. My darling she's a dear one.
    G7                        C
My head's feeling light as a feather.

Chorus:
        G7                         Dm
Take my ears and tell me when the whistle blows.
        G7                       Dm
Wake me up and tell me when the whistle blows.
Dm             A                 Bm                G7
Long lost and lonely boy you're just a black sheep going home.
   Dm                 A        G7     D             A        G7
I want to feel your wheels of steel - underneath my itching heels.
         D       G7               A7      Bm D F# D B D F# D
Take my money - tell me when the whistle blows.

Part of me asked the young man for the time
With a cool vacant stare
Of undue concern, he said nine
It's not so bad but I really do love the land
And rather all this than those diamante lovers
In Hyde Park holding hands
Blowing heat through my fingers
Trying to kill off this cold
Will the street kids remember?
Can I still shoot a fast cue?
Has this country kid still got his soul?

Chorus

Take my money
Tell me when the whistle blows