Written by Amy Ray
Intro: Gm, Am, Dm, Dm x2 (play open 5th string between each Dm)
Gm Am Dm Dm
All the fur and fin will lose again
Gm Am Dm Dm
Cause our better is their worst reckonin'
Gm C Dm (hold)
And our fine-feathered friends will sing until they bleed
Gm Am Dm Dm
And how will we replace that symphony?
F C*
I've got the blackest boots, the whitest skin
Bb C*
Satisfy my sugar tongue again
F C*
Sing me lullabies of shoe-shine days
Bb C*
Guilded verses for your ethylene
F Am Bb-Am-Gm-C-Dm
And sing ‘em to me free and clean
Gm Am Dm Dm
All the kids come home with foreign limbs
Gm Am Dm Dm
From hunting trips abroad they lose again
Gm C F* (hold) Bb Am-Bb
And we'll teach them how to talk and whistle while they walk
Gm Am Dm Dm
And do the dirty work of battle hymns
F C*
I've got the blackest boots, the whitest skin
Bb C*
Satisfy my sugar tongue again
F C*
Sing me lullabies of shoe-shine days
Bb C*
Guilded verses for your ethylene
F Am Bb-Am-Gm-C-Dm
And sing ‘em to me free and clean
Instrumental over intro chords
Gm Am Dm Dm
Drinking tea with milk and ganjaweed
Gm Am Dm Dm
Pontificate on genocide or greed
Gm C Dm (hold)
With a spoonful of descent for the orchestra of need
Gm Am Dm Dm
Is just enough to please this colony
F C*
I've got the blackest boots, the whitest skin
Bb C*
Satisfy my sugar tongue again
F C*
Sing me lullabies of shoe-shine days
Bb C*
Guilded verses for your ethylene
F Am Bb-Am-Gm-C-Dm
And sing ‘em to me free and clean
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