The Magic Whistle chords by
Tom Paxton
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Key: C major•
Verse 1
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I found a whistle in a drawer in my room
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I never knew it was there
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I quickly went and closed the door to my room
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I closed the window with care
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I held the whistle in my two little hands,
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I put my fingers on hose,
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I put the whistle between my lips,
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and then I tried a little blow,
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and it played Mozart, and Beethoven,
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And the Beatles,
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F

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it played waltzes and ragtime
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C
C

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It played all the music in the world
I showed my whistle to some
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good friends of mine
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G

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I even played them a tune
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I let them try it first
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I played them a lie
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I knew they'd catch on real soon
They couldn't understand
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what made the thing work
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This piece of plastic and tin
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But then they'd take it in their own hands
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And then the whistle would begin
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And it played Mozart, and Beethoven,
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and the Beatles
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It played waltzes, and ragtime
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G

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It played all the music in the
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C
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world
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It didn't matter who the player might be
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Or if she'd ever played before
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She'd simply try it and
the player might see
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That if she blew it, the music flew through
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If everybody had a whistle like mine,
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can you imagine the fun?
We'd have a festival and
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promptly at nine,
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we'd play a song for everyone
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And they would hear us everywhere in the world,
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and they would share in our song
We'd try to banish every
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care in the world,
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C
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and ask the world to sing along.
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And we'd play Mozart, and Beethoven,
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and the Beatles.
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We'd play Waltz, and Ragtime.
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C
C

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We'd play all music in the world.
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Oh, we'd play Mozart and Beethoven
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and the Beatles
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We'd play Waltzies and Ragtime
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C
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We'd play all the music in the world you

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