Tom: Am
G Am F G
Fortune presents gifts not according to the book
G Am F G
Fortune presents gifts not according to the book
G Am F
When you expect whistles it's flutes
G Am F
When you expect flutes it's whistles
[Verse]
G Am F G
What various paths are followed in distributing honours and possessions
G Am F G
She gives awards to some and penitent's cloaks to others
G Am F
When you expect whistles it's flutes
G Am F
When you expect flutes it's whistles
[Verse]
G Am F G
Sometimes she robs the chief goatherd of his cottage and goat pen
G Am F G
And to whomever she fancies the lamest goat has born two kids
G Am F
When you expect whistles it's flutes
G Am F
When you expect flutes it's whistles
[Intermezzo]
G G Am F
[Verse]
G Am F G
Because in a village a poor lad has stolen one egg
G Am F G
He swings in the sun and another gets away with a thousand crimes
G Am F
When you expect whistles it's flutes
G Am F
When you expect flutes it's whistles
