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