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