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