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
