Pennywhistle Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][C][G][C][Am][C]

[Verse 1]
Just [G]an ordinary day,
I [C]knew that autumn was on it's way,
I could [G]see by the gilt of the [C]cloud
s, the burnish on the bay,
A [G]ring of effusi[C]a settled on the city
like a vis[Am]ion of the future
Before [C]the scales fell away,
A [Am]vision of the future looking
[C]more than just okay,
[G]A good f[C]eeling
Yes, [G]just a good feeling
[C]And it onl[Am]y happen[C]s now and[G] then -[C]
Out of the [G]mouth of a black [C]dog,
Out of the ter[G]rors of [C]3 am,
Out of the [G]dark and whispering [C]fen,
I was [Am]blind then I could see,
[C]now I'm blind again.
[G]

[Verse 2]
So I hollered up to Jill,
"Come [C]down from the mountain,
your [G]ears are 'a burning,
My [C]speech is a fountain,
it's been [G]an other long year
But you [C]know I'm not counting,
I [Am]dreamed you like you dreamed [C]me,
O the bom[Am]b dreamed the fuse an[C]d
the drowner dreamed the sea",
What [G]a strange [C]feeling...
Yes, it's [G]a strange feeling
[C]And it only happens now and the[G]n -[C]
Out of the [G]mouth of a black [C]dog,
Out of the ter[G]rors of [C]3 am,
Out of the [G]dark and whispering [C]fen,
I was [Am]blind then I could see,
[C]now I'm blind again.

[Verse 3]
[G]Most of the Aegean [C]Sea rushes [G]in
to my bedroom and [C]glitters for me,
[G]The hills of [C]Gallipoli all [Bm]throw up
their bones for [D]my [Am]industry,
So I [G]build from the charnel [C]the ale house,
I [G]build from the tomb a [C]palace of dreams,
That [G]old barren rockface [C]got silver seams
for a [Bm]miner of middling [Am]means,
Singing poems of dissolution [C]and schemes -
My penny whistles,

[Interlude 1]
lo!
[G][C][G][C][G][C][Am][C]

[Verse 4]
Now I sum[G]mon up Jack, sat [C]up on the hill,
The [G]wrong kind of music,
the [C]wrong kind of pill,
[G]Impotent as a [C]potato but still
pleading [Am]"Give it up Mary,
But [C]not by degrees..."

[Verse 5]
A [G]portrait of Jack, a [C]study in sin,
well I [G]knew of myself before [C]I knew of him,
Now even [G]I couldn't tell ya
just [C]who it is asking
[Am]"Give it up Mary, but [C]not by degrees,
[Am]Give it up Mary, your [C]virtue, please..."
[D]

[Verse 6]
Into [G]the mouth of a black dog [C]- I go
Into the ter[G]rors of 3 am - I [C]go
Into the [G]dark and whispering fen [C]- I go
I was [Am]blind then blind [C]again
Into the [G]mouth of a black dog [C]- I go
Into the ter[G]rors of 3 am [C]- I go
Into the [G]dark and whispering fen [C]- I go
O what [Am]beast has my name
on it's [C]snaggle tooth,
And [Am]eternal slobber for
[C]my finishing [D]youth?

[Outro 1]
My penny whistles low.
[G][C][G][C][G][C][Am]