Intro: G#m
G#mF#
I'll buy you six bay mares to put in your stable
G#mF#C#
Six golden apples bought with my pay.
G#mF#
I am the first piper who calls the sweet tune,
G#mF#C#
But I must be gone by the seventh day.
Chorus:
BbFG#Eb
So come on, I'm the whistler.
BbFG#Eb
I have a fife and a drum to play.
BbFG#Eb
Get ready for the whistler.
GmF
I whistle along on the seventh day
GmF
Whistle along on the seventh day.
Instrumental:
A/G A/G A/G A/G x2
G#mF#
All kinds of sadness I've left behind me.
G#mF#C#
Many's the day when I have done wrong.
G#mF#
But I wll be yours for ever and ever.
G#mF#C#
Climb in the saddle and whistle along.
Chorus
Instrumental:
A/G A/G A/G A/G x2
DDDD/CG#mF#
Deep red are the sun-sets in mystical places.
G#mF#C#
Black are the nights on summer-day sands.
G#mF#
We'll find the speck of truth in each riddle.
G#mF#C#
Hold the first grain of love in our hands.
Chorus x2
Instrumental:
A/G A/G A/G A/G x2
D/C D/C D/C D/C x2