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