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