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