Tone: [F]
Intro:
[F] [C] [F] [C]
Verse 1:
[F]The good people built those houses with their hands
And [C]taught their daughters to play on tin drum sets
While an [F]old man put a grandkid on the piano
And they played [C]chopsticks until their hands went dead
And [F]cats were thrown off the backs of trucks and [C]ambled up the yard to us
Singin' [F]all I want is a bed to lie in [C]lovin' arms for me to die in
And the [Bb]garbage man took the cans he can with Mrs. Van Holzer
If he [C]wants to no he can't, no he can't 'cus he's a married man
And if [Bb]Mr. Van Holzer found out, with his short temper
You know what [C]he will do?
And she was [F]singing true but the
garbage man's the only one can dance real blue
[F]And pretty soon the fire trucks and ambulance were singing too
Chorus:
They were singin [F]ooo.[C]ooo...
They were singin [F]ooo.[C]ooo...
Verse 2:
So if you move out [F]west it's best to
keep a very [C]close eye on your kids and pets
Cus [F]big birds have been known to dive
And carry those [C]precious things to heavy heights
And [F]drop them in a field
Where sad [C]sisters all come down to
kneel and hold their [F]hands to their hearts
They've learned to [C]lock all of the things they love up
Yeah they were [Bb]cryin
They all were [C]lyin in the fields
They were [Bb]singin from the [C]places where they kneeled
Chorus:
[C]Yeah they were singin
[C]They were singin
They were singin [F]ooo.[C]ooo...
They were singin [F]ooo.[C]ooo...
Outro:
Someone in my head said when [Bb]all you have is land things
with wings can [C]present themselves as a pretty big damn threat
[Bb]All you have is land things with wings can [C]
present themselves as a pretty big damn threat
When [Bb]all you have is land things with wings
can pre[C]present themselves as a pretty big damn threat
When [Bb]all you have is land things with wings
can pre[C]present themselves as a pretty big damn threat
And the [C]garbage men, and the ambulance
Oh [F]lovin sisters, tin drum sets
[C]Married women and their men
[C]They all were singin
They were singin ooo...
They were singin ooo...
They were singin [F]ooo.[C]ooo...
They were singin [F]ooo.[C]ooo...
Outro:
[F] [C]
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