Verse
A D A
It is today couriers day
D A
I have a letter to say
G C D# F D#
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 D# F D#
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 D# F D#
Tie 'em rope 'em brand 'em in the eye
[Chorus 1]
D# A# D G#
And all we want to see's all that
C G A E F C
It is remaaaaarrrrrkable
A# D G# C
The streets be laid out by line
G A E F C
And to paved yeah
A# D G# 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 D# F D#
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
D# F D#
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
D# F D#
Go brand them
[Chorus 2]
D# A#
In the eye
D G#
See 'em wet and cry
C G A E F C
Making 'em smiiiiiiiiiile dry
A# D G#
Cry Dixie hang 'em high
C G A E F
Brand 'em in the eye
C A# D G#
Yeah! Oh my! See 'em wet and cry
C G A
See 'em wet and cry
[Bridge]
Cb D# A C# Fb
I am to tell some words that I know by heart
Cb C G
"Tie 'em rope 'em brand 'em in the eye
G# D# F
Cry all wet and smile dry"
D# F D# F D# F
G A G A G A G A
[Chorus 3]
A# D G#
I see 'em wet and cry
C G A E F C
Making 'em smiiiiiiile smile dry
A# D G#
Cry Dixie hang 'em high
C G A E F
Brand 'em in the eye!
C A# D G#
Yeah! Oh my! See 'em wet and cry
C G A E F C
Making 'em smiiiiiiile dry! Yeah!
A# D G#
Cry Dixie hang 'em high
C G
Brand 'em in the eye
A
What the fuck are you doing?