Chords for John Prine - "Fish & Whistle"

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I've been thinking lately [G] about the people [D] I meet, [G] the car wash [D] on the corner [A] and the
hole in the street, [D] the way my ankles hurt [G] with shoes on my feet, [D] I'm wondering [A] if I'm
gonna [D] see _ tomorrow.
Father forgive us for what we must do, you forgive [A] us and we'll forgive you, [D]
we'll forgive
each other till [Bm] we both turn blue [D] and we'll whistle [A] ankle [D] fishing in heaven. _ _ _
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_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ I was in the army [G] but I never [D] dug a trench, [G]
used to [D] bust my knuckles [A] on a monkey wrench,
[D] I'd go to town and drink, [G] give the girls a pinch, [D] I don't [A] think they ever [D] even noticed me.
Father forgive [G] us for what we [D] must do, [G]
you forgive [D] us [A] and we'll forgive you, [D]
we'll forgive
each other [G] till we both turn blue [D] and we'll whistle [A] ankle fishing [D] in heaven.
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Fish and a whistle, whistle and fish, [D]
you'd have a thing to put on your dish, [G]
when we
get through [D] we'll make a big wish [E] that we never have to do this [A] again, _ _ again, _ _ again. _ _ _
_ _ [D] On my very first job [G] I said thank you and [D] please, they made me scrub a parking [A] lot down
on my [D] knees, then they got fired [G] for being scared of bees, [D] they only [A] give me fifty [D] cents an hour.
Father forgive [G] us for what we [D] must do, you forgive [A] us and we'll forgive you, [D] we'll forgive
each other [G] till we both turn blue [D] and we'll whistle [A] ankle fishing [D] in heaven.
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_ _ _ [A] Fish and a whistle, whistle and fish, [D] you'd have a thing to put on your dish, [G] when we
get through [D] we'll make a big wish that [E] we never have to do [A] this again, _ _ again, _ _ again.
_ _ _ _ Oh, [D]
father forgive [G] us for what we [D] must do, you forgive us [A] and we'll forgive you, [D]
we'll
forgive each other [G] till we both turn blue [D] and we'll whistle [A] ankle fishing [D] in heaven, _ _
we'll whistle [A] ankle fishing [D] in heaven, _ _ we'll whistle [A] ankle fishing [D] in heaven. _ _ _
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