Verse
D G D
It is today couriers day
G D
I have a letter to say
C F G# A# G#
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 G# A# G#
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 G# A# G#
Tie 'em rope 'em brand 'em in the eye
[Chorus 1]
G# D# G C#
And all we want to see's all that
F C D A A# F
It is remaaaaarrrrrkable
D# G C# F
The streets be laid out by line
C D A A# F
And to paved yeah
D# G C# 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 G# A# G#
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
G# A# G#
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
G# A# G#
Go brand them
[Chorus 2]
G# D#
In the eye
G C#
See 'em wet and cry
F C D A A# F
Making 'em smiiiiiiiiiile dry
D# G C#
Cry Dixie hang 'em high
F C D A A#
Brand 'em in the eye
F D# G C#
Yeah! Oh my! See 'em wet and cry
F C D
See 'em wet and cry
[Bridge]
Fb G# D F# A
I am to tell some words that I know by heart
Fb F C
"Tie 'em rope 'em brand 'em in the eye
C# G# A#
Cry all wet and smile dry"
G# A# G# A# G# A#
C D C D C D C D
[Chorus 3]
D# G C#
I see 'em wet and cry
F C D A A# F
Making 'em smiiiiiiile smile dry
D# G C#
Cry Dixie hang 'em high
F C D A A#
Brand 'em in the eye!
F D# G C#
Yeah! Oh my! See 'em wet and cry
F C D A A# F
Making 'em smiiiiiiile dry! Yeah!
D# G C#
Cry Dixie hang 'em high
F C
Brand 'em in the eye
D
What the fuck are you doing?