Verse
G C G
It is today couriers day
C G
I have a letter to say
F A# C# D# C#
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 A# C# D# C#
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 A# C# D# C#
Tie 'em rope 'em brand 'em in the eye
[Chorus 1]
C# G# C F#
And all we want to see's all that
A# F G D D# A#
It is remaaaaarrrrrkable
G# C F# A#
The streets be laid out by line
F G D D# A#
And to paved yeah
G# C F# A# F G
[Verse 2]
G C G
Until two o'clock after midnight
C G
At what o'clock are you to bed?
F A# C# D# C#
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 A#
This day is good for nothing
C# D# C#
Do me in
G C G
How is the day of the month the year
C G
The day the hour etcetera
F A#
That is some letter to me
C# D# C#
Go brand them
[Chorus 2]
C# G#
In the eye
C F#
See 'em wet and cry
A# F G D D# A#
Making 'em smiiiiiiiiiile dry
G# C F#
Cry Dixie hang 'em high
A# F G D D#
Brand 'em in the eye
A# G# C F#
Yeah! Oh my! See 'em wet and cry
A# F G
See 'em wet and cry
[Bridge]
A C# G B D
I am to tell some words that I know by heart
A A# F
"Tie 'em rope 'em brand 'em in the eye
F# C# D#
Cry all wet and smile dry"
C# D# C# D# C# D#
F G F G F G F G
[Chorus 3]
G# C F#
I see 'em wet and cry
A# F G D D# A#
Making 'em smiiiiiiile smile dry
G# C F#
Cry Dixie hang 'em high
A# F G D D#
Brand 'em in the eye!
A# G# C F#
Yeah! Oh my! See 'em wet and cry
A# F G D D# A#
Making 'em smiiiiiiile dry! Yeah!
G# C F#
Cry Dixie hang 'em high
A# F
Brand 'em in the eye
G
What the fuck are you doing?