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