Verse
F A# F A#
Helena, the ramifications are very large tonight
F A# C
The stars say don't pick a fight or barge things around
F A# F A#
See, apparently our bloodlines are botched beyond redemption
F A#
Luckily, you don't believe in redemption
C A#
This may work in your favor, I'm told
[Chorus]
Cm7 Dm
So throw the old furniture in the fire
Cm7 Dm
As the children go barbaric behind the wire
D#maj7 A#
They're just childre-eh-eh-eh-en
D#maj7
[Verse 2]
F A# F
It's a drag the way your flag had to come down
A# F A# C A#
With one of the above Americas so ferociously in bloom
F
But pistols at dawn can only work for so long
A#
Curved appetites took flight when you decided to call the song
F A# C A#
“A# Pacific-Northwest Bitch Gets Shown To Her Room”
[Chorus]
Cm7 Dm
So throw the old furniture in the fire
Cm7 Dm
As the children go barbaric behind the wire
D#maj7 A#
They're just childre-eh-eh-eh-en
D#maj7 A#
Cm7 Dm
And this one goes out, just like the one before
Cm7 Dm
To the 17th version of How I Won the War
Cm7 Dm
Oh, first Destroyer! And, oh, now the Underground!
[Bridge]
D#m A# Gm
D#m A# Gm
D#m A# Gm
D#m
[Verse 3]
F A# F A#
Helena, the ramifications are very large tonight
F A# C A#
The stars say don't pick a fight or barge things around
[Outro]
Cm7 Dm
So throw the old furniture in the fire
Cm7 Dm
As the children go barbaric behind the wire
D#maj7 A#
They're just childre-eh-eh-eh-en
D#maj7 A#
They're just childre-eh-eh-eh-en
D#maj7 A#
They're just childre-eh-eh-eh-en
D#maj7 A#
They're just childre-eh-eh-eh-en