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