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