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