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