Verse
A# D# A#
It is today couriers day
D# A#
I have a letter to say
G# C# E F# E
Pen is good for nothing do me in
A# D# A#
This letter old letter is arrears
D# A#
It shall stay to the post for years yeah
G# C# E F# E
Till at what o'clock is ten clock strike?
A# D# A#
Cry wet smile dry if you won't then say goodbye
D# A#
It is not that
G# C# E F# E
Tie 'em rope 'em brand 'em in the eye
[Chorus 1]
E B D# A
And all we want to see's all that
C# G# A# F F# C#
It is remaaaaarrrrrkable
B D# A C#
The streets be laid out by line
G# A# F F# C#
And to paved yeah
B D# A C# G# A#
[Verse 2]
A# D# A#
Until two o'clock after midnight
D# A#
At what o'clock are you to bed?
G# C# E F# E
I think yet that it is ten clock strike
A# D# A#
This letter old letter is arrears
D# A#
It shall stay to the post for years
G# C#
This day is good for nothing
E F# E
Do me in
A# D# A#
How is the day of the month the year
D# A#
The day the hour etcetera
G# C#
That is some letter to me
E F# E
Go brand them
[Chorus 2]
E B
In the eye
D# A
See 'em wet and cry
C# G# A# F F# C#
Making 'em smiiiiiiiiiile dry
B D# A
Cry Dixie hang 'em high
C# G# A# F F#
Brand 'em in the eye
C# B D# A
Yeah! Oh my! See 'em wet and cry
C# G# A#
See 'em wet and cry
[Bridge]
C E A# D F
I am to tell some words that I know by heart
C C# G#
"Tie 'em rope 'em brand 'em in the eye
A E F#
Cry all wet and smile dry"
E F# E F# E F#
G# A# G# A# G# A# G# A#
[Chorus 3]
B D# A
I see 'em wet and cry
C# G# A# F F# C#
Making 'em smiiiiiiile smile dry
B D# A
Cry Dixie hang 'em high
C# G# A# F F#
Brand 'em in the eye!
C# B D# A
Yeah! Oh my! See 'em wet and cry
C# G# A# F F# C#
Making 'em smiiiiiiile dry! Yeah!
B D# A
Cry Dixie hang 'em high
C# G#
Brand 'em in the eye
A#
What the fuck are you doing?