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