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Jim Sullivan – Whistle Stop Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
D   F#m   Em   A
D   F#m   Em   A

[Verse 1]
D                             F#m
  Thunder and lightning in my eyes
             C              B7
and when the train began to move
               Em
then she waved goodbye
               G
to being for a while,
        Bb                    A
all the air just seemed quite
        (D)
foggy to me.

[Interlude]
D   F#m   Em   A
D   F#m   Em   A

[Verse 2]
D                     F#m
  We have spoken in a way
      C               B7
and I knew that I had known her
            Em             G
before this day, echoing inside of
    Bb           A
memories still unknown to me.

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[Chorus]
       D        F#m
Do you know the feeling?
        Bm
Can you love someone
F#m           Bm    F#m    Bm    Bm
  you've only met a while ago?
Em                   E7
  Is it just a life,
             A           A
  a lifetime gone.

[Interlude]
D   		F#m   	Em  	 A
Sing ba da da...
D   F#m   Em   A

[Verse 3]
D                             F#m
  Who's that stepping off the train
            C              B7
and can she hear what I am thinking?
             Em                   G
And maybe if she remembers what I said
          Bb                A
about our high, high-flying dutchman...

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[End-Chorus]
       D        F#m
Do you know the feeling?
        Bm
Can you love someone
F#m           Bm?   F#m    Bm    Bm
  you've only met a while ago?
Em                   E7
  Is it just a life,
             A           A
  a lifetime gone.

[Outro] (Repeat and Fade Out
D   F#m   Em   A
Sing ba da da...

How to play Whistle Stop: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Whistle Stop by Jim Sullivan on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Whistle Stop by Jim Sullivan is built around D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯), with 11 chords in all: D, F#m, Em, A, C, B7, G, Bb, Bm, E7 and Bm?.

Listen for D – F#m – Em – A (I – iii – ii – V in D major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – mi – reh – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: F#m, Bb, Bm and Bm? are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.