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