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Dead Badger

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[Intro]
  GDead badger in the bCack sheep fGield, I
  GKnow it's coming when the rCain don't fGeel right
  AmLittle sister, all I wEmant is just to steer right
  AmCan we go cCollecting in the gDood nightG?
[Verse 1]
As I lGive and breathe, you won't believe
Who I saw just the Cother week
  AmStayed for a nDight and then kept mGovinDg
I fGed her just as much as I could, fed her like a backseat mCan gone good
  AmShe asked me if I could lDook after her acGcordion
[Chorus]
  GDead badger in the bCack sheep fGield, I
  GKnow it's coming when the rCain don't fGeel right
  AmLittle sister, all I wEmant is just to steer right
  AmCan we go cCollecting in the gDood nightG?
[Verse 2]
She got pGicked up by a tour bus late one night
She was sleeping by her dog in the nCeon light
  AmIn the middle of nDowhere, she said "Let me Goff hereD"
I'll bGury that badger, but I won't bury him deep
Just in case he stCarts to breathe
  AmI'll wrap him in a dDish towel to keep his bEmody warDm
[Chorus]
  GDead badger in the bCack sheep fGield, I
  GKnow it's coming when the rCain don't fGeel right
  AmLittle sister, all I wEmant is just to steer right
  AmCan we go cCollecting in the gDood nighGt?
  GDead badger in the bCack sheep fGield, I
  GKnow it's coming when the rCain don't fGeel right
  AmLittle sister, all I wEmant is just to steer right
  AmCan we go cCollecting in the gDood nighGt?
[Instrumental]
|      G  G/F#|       Em|
|          B|      D   B|
[Bridge]
  EmAll GI love
    Em       D(B)
  All I love
  EmAll DI love is on Gthe rise
  EmAll GI love
    Em       D(B)
  All I love
  EmAll DI love is on Gthe rise
[Verse 3]
  EAnd if it Amhas to rain all dGay
Maybe we Ball could slip awCay
And go to where bAmadgers breathe
And yDou find some cD7ompany
[Outro]
  EmAll GI love
    Em       D(B)
  All I love
  EmAll DI love is on Gthe rise
  EmAll GI love
    Em       D(B)
  All I love
  EmAll DI love is on Gthe rise
  EmAll GI love
    Em       D(B)
  All I love
  EmAll DI love is on Gthe rise
  EmAll GI love
    Em       D(B)
  All I love
  EmAll DI love is on Gthe rise

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Dead Badger

by Chadwick Stokes

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G/F#

[Intro]

G C G

Dead badger in the back sheep field, I

G C G

Know it's coming when the rain don't feel right

Am Em

Little sister, all I want is just to steer right

Am C D G

Can we go collecting in the good night?

[Verse 1]

As I live and breathe, you won't believe

Who I saw just the other week

Am D G D

Stayed for a night and then kept moving

G C

I fed her just as much as I could, fed her like a backseat man gone good

Am D G

She asked me if I could look after her accordion

[Chorus]

G C G

Dead badger in the back sheep field, I

G C G

Know it's coming when the rain don't feel right

Am Em

Little sister, all I want is just to steer right

Am C D G

Can we go collecting in the good night?

[Verse 2]

She got picked up by a tour bus late one night

She was sleeping by her dog in the neon light

Am D G D

In the middle of nowhere, she said "Let me off here"

I'll bury that badger, but I won't bury him deep

Just in case he starts to breathe

Am D Em D

I'll wrap him in a dish towel to keep his body warm

[Chorus]

G C G

Dead badger in the back sheep field, I

G C G

Know it's coming when the rain don't feel right

Am Em

Little sister, all I want is just to steer right

Am C D G

Can we go collecting in the good night?

G C G

Dead badger in the back sheep field, I

G C G

Know it's coming when the rain don't feel right

Am Em

Little sister, all I want is just to steer right

Am C D G

Can we go collecting in the good night?

[Instrumental]

G G/F# Em

| | |

B D B

| | |

[Bridge]

Em G

All I love

Em D B

()

All I love

Em D G

All I love is on the rise

Em G

All I love

Em D B

()

All I love

Em D G

All I love is on the rise

[Verse 3]

E Am G

And if it has to rain all day

B C

Maybe we all could slip away

And go to where badgers breathe

D D7

And you find some company

[Outro]

Em G

All I love

Em D B

()

All I love

Em D G

All I love is on the rise

Em G

All I love

Em D B

()

All I love

Em D G

All I love is on the rise

Em G

All I love

Em D B

()

All I love

Em D G

All I love is on the rise

Em G

All I love

Em D B

()

All I love

Em D G

All I love is on the rise

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