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 B/A
daughters disappearing
C G
in the shadows of the state
G B/A
father is fearing
C G
the truth has come too late
G B/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 B/A
father is feeling
C G
the little girls' pain
G B/A
but he can't help heal it
C G
cause the piggies broke the bank
G B/A
his fingers are clinging to
C G
the life that slipped away
G D/F#
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 B/A C G
Split rail fences trying not to rot away
G B/A C G
Lower you're defenses let the people have a say
G G G B/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 B/A
I don't know if you really want to know
C G
what I've been thinking about these days.