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Split Rail Fences (These Days)
CI don't know if you really wGant to know 
what I've been thinkinFg about these days C  
CSplit rail fences, for civil Gdefenses 
trying not Fto rot away C  
you don't have to give up whaCt you've got G  
but you've got to Faccept the change C  
CI don't know if you really waGnt to know 
what I've been thinking Gabout these days C  
[Piano vocals]
        Cdaughters disappeariE/Dng 
in the shaFdows of the state C  
Cfather is fearing E/D  
the truFth has come too late C  
Cmother is trying to save E/Dthe family naFme C  
Cbut I don't know if you rGeally want to know 
what I've been thinking aFbout these days C  
[ENTER KEYS]
   CLost all senses, she was Gdefenseless 
lefFt on the rail that day C  
you don't know heCr name G  
but can you recognizFe her face C  
   Cthey took away her nova canGe 
but the billFs they left to pay C  
  CI don't know if you really wGant to know 
what I've been thinking aFbout these days C  
Cfather is feeling E/D  
Fthe little Cgirls' pain 
  Cbut he can't help heal it E/D  
cause the piggies Fbroke the bank C  
   Chis fingers are clingiE/Dng to 
the Flife that slipped away C  
 Cand I don't know if you really want tG/Bo know 
what I've been thinking Fabout these days C  
[KEYS FOR 1 MEASURE THEN DROP OUT]
  CI don't know if you really waGnt to know 
what I've been thinking Fabout these days C  
only a mothCer's mother can mGake it go away F  C  
   Cshe's in trouble Gcause their taking away F  
the rCeigns 
   CI don't know if you really waGnt to know
what I've been thinking aFbout these days C  
  CSplit rail E/Dfences trying not Fto rot away C  
   CLower you're defenses let E/Dthe people have a Fsay C  
   I Cknow youC're not tChe one who put them up E/D  
in the first Fplace C  
Cbut I don't know if you really want Gto know 
what I've been thinking Fabout these days.C  
      CI don't know if you really waE/Dnt to know 
what I've been thinking Fabout these days.C  

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Split Rail Fences

by dedwax

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E/D

G/B

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

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.

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