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