Split Rail Fences (These Days)
C G
I don't know if you really want to know
F C
what I've been thinking about these days
C G
Split rail fences, for civil defenses
F C
trying not to rot away
C G
you don't have to give up what you've got
F C
but you've got to accept the change
C G
I don't know if you really want to know
G C
what I've been thinking about these days
[Piano vocals]
C E/D
daughters disappearing
F C
in the shadows of the state
C E/D
father is fearing
F C
the truth has come too late
C E/D F C
mother is trying to save the family name
C G
but I don't know if you really want to know
F C
what I've been thinking about these days
[ENTER KEYS]
C G
Lost all senses, she was defenseless
F C
left on the rail that day
C G
you don't know her name
F C
but can you recognize her face
C G
they took away her nova cane
F C
but the bills they left to pay
C G
I don't know if you really want to know
F C
what I've been thinking about these days
C E/D
father is feeling
F C
the little girls' pain
C E/D
but he can't help heal it
F C
cause the piggies broke the bank
C E/D
his fingers are clinging to
F C
the life that slipped away
C G/B
and I don't know if you really want to know
F C
what I've been thinking about these days
[KEYS FOR 1 MEASURE THEN DROP OUT]
C G
I don't know if you really want to know
F C
what I've been thinking about these days
C G F C
only a mother's mother can make it go away
C G F
she's in trouble cause their taking away
C
the reigns
C G
I don't know if you really want to know
F C
what I've been thinking about these days
C E/D F C
Split rail fences trying not to rot away
C E/D F C
Lower you're defenses let the people have a say
C C C E/D
I know you're not the one who put them up
F C
in the first place
C G
but I don't know if you really want to know
F C
what I've been thinking about these days.
C E/D
I don't know if you really want to know
F C
what I've been thinking about these days.