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Whistling Dixie by Kevin Devine
Whistling Dixie
This is played throughout the whole song:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------|
A|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------|
E|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------------------------|
Sometimes it's played like this:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------4-4-2-2-0-0-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------|
A|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------|
E|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------------------------|
It varies a lot during the song, but that's about it.
There may be a little more variation at the end of the song (around 2:19) if you really
to it.
Lyrics
We're a nation full of dumbbells
pulling nightshifts at the gym
And we're a nation full of bookworm girls
dumbing down to fall in love with them
We're a nation full of suspects
whistling dixie at the scene
And we're a nation full of bad detectives
selling clues to everyone we meet
We're a nation full of envy
insecure and losing sleep
We're a nation full of jealous boyfriends
driven nuts by facts and history
We're a nation full of ivy
it's wall to wall to wall all green
And we're a nation full of soundbyte bloodcells
bound in knots and swelling down the stream
We wrap bibles up in blankets
just in case we're watched in sleep
But it's the slingshots underneath our pillows
that keep us calm and rested and relieved
'Cause we're a nation built on egg shells, bandages, and apple seeds
attractive homes on top of bruised foundations
that come apart gradually...
before they're leveled completely
Yeah, before they're leveled completely.
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version 2
Your G, B and e strings do not exist in this song so forget they're there and don't
touch them.
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-9- 9- 9- 9- 9- 9- 9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
E|10-10-10-10-10-10-10- 9- 9- 9- 9- 9- 9- 9- 9- 9-|
Sometimes instead of going all the way up the fretboard for the second part he'll play
it this way too but, its still the same thing.
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
In various parts of the song he'll play this little lead riff too
e|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|---------|
A|9-7-5-7-5|
E|---------|
Lyrics:
We're a nation full of dumbbells Pulling night shifts at the gym We're a nation full of
bookworm girls Dumbing down to fall in love with them
We're a nation full of suspects Whistling dixie at the scene And we're a nation full of
bad detectives Selling clues to everyone we meet
We're a nation full of envy Insecure and losing sleep We're a nation full of jealous
boyfriends Driven nuts by facts and history
We're a nation full of ivy It's wall to wall, to wall, all green We're a nation full of
sound byte blood cells Bound in knots and swelling down the stream
We wrap Bibles up in blankets Just in case we're watched in sleep But it's the
slingshots underneath our pillows That keep us calm and rested and relieved
'Cause we're a nation built on eggshells Bandages and apple seeds Attractive homes on
top of bruised foundations That come apart gradually before they're leveled completely
Before they're leveled completely
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