I'm not 100% on this being the exact version from the album-- its how I play it, and it
works for me as a lady though...
Standard tuning
Whirlpool
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C Am Em
There was a swirling mass of water that lived in a quiet pond
C Am Em
It asked permission from its master to visit the lands beyond
C Am E F
And its master allowed it to fly
C Am E F G C
So the wind swept the whirlpool across the sky
E F
Whirlpool
E F
Whirlpool
C Am Em
There was a swirling mass of water that lived in a quiet pond
C Am Em
It asked permission from its master to visit the lands beyond
C Am E F
And its master allowed it to fly
C Am E F G C
So the wind swept the whirlpool across the sky
Am E F ...
And it had the idea to fly
C Am E F G C
So the wind swept the whirlpool across the sky
E F
Whirlpool
E F
Whirlpool
E F
Whirlpool
