| C | Dm | |
| > | That's when Wendell | Gee takes a tug |
| G | G7 | Em | G | |
| > U | pon the st | ring that h | eld the line of t | rees |
| C | Dm | |
| > | Behind the house he | lived in |
| G | G7 | |
| > He was re | ared to give r | espect |
| Em | G | F | |
| > But s | omewhere down the l | ine he ch | ose |
| C | Em | F | |
| > To whistle as the w | in | d | blows |
| F | C | G | C | |
| > | Whistle as the | wind | blows through the | leaves |
| > |
| > He had a dream one night |
| > That the tree had lost its middle |
| > So he built a trunk of chicken wire |
| > To try to hold it up but the wire the wire turned to lizard skin |
| > And when he climbed it sagged |
| F | C | Em | F | |
| > | There wasn't even t | ime to sa | y |
| F | C | G | F | |
| > | Goodbye to Wendell | Gee |
| C | Em | F | |
| > So whistle as the w | ind blow | s |
| C G C (second time through, play F) |
| > Whistle as the wind blows through the leaves |
| > |
| C | Em | F | |
| > If the wind were | colors |
| C | G | F | |
| > And if the air could s | peak |
| C | Em | F | |
| > Then whistle as the w | ind blo | ws |
| C | G | C | |
| > Whistle as the | wind b | lows |