Verse
D G D G
Helena, the ramifications are very large tonight
D G A
The stars say don't pick a fight or barge things around
D G D G
See, apparently our bloodlines are botched beyond redemption
D G
Luckily, you don't believe in redemption
A G
This may work in your favor, I'm told
[Chorus]
Am7 Cbm
So throw the old furniture in the fire
Am7 Cbm
As the children go barbaric behind the wire
Cmaj7 G
They're just childre-eh-eh-eh-en
Cmaj7
[Verse 2]
D G D
It's a drag the way your flag had to come down
G D G A G
With one of the above Americas so ferociously in bloom
D
But pistols at dawn can only work for so long
G
Curved appetites took flight when you decided to call the song
D G A G
“G Pacific-Northwest Bitch Gets Shown To Her Room”
[Chorus]
Am7 Cbm
So throw the old furniture in the fire
Am7 Cbm
As the children go barbaric behind the wire
Cmaj7 G
They're just childre-eh-eh-eh-en
Cmaj7 G
Am7 Cbm
And this one goes out, just like the one before
Am7 Cbm
To the 17th version of How I Won the War
Am7 Cbm
Oh, first Destroyer! And, oh, now the Underground!
[Bridge]
Cm G Em
Cm G Em
Cm G Em
Cm
[Verse 3]
D G D G
Helena, the ramifications are very large tonight
D G A G
The stars say don't pick a fight or barge things around
[Outro]
Am7 Cbm
So throw the old furniture in the fire
Am7 Cbm
As the children go barbaric behind the wire
Cmaj7 G
They're just childre-eh-eh-eh-en
Cmaj7 G
They're just childre-eh-eh-eh-en
Cmaj7 G
They're just childre-eh-eh-eh-en
Cmaj7 G
They're just childre-eh-eh-eh-en