Verse
C F C F
Helena, the ramifications are very large tonight
C F G
The stars say don't pick a fight or barge things around
C F C F
See, apparently our bloodlines are botched beyond redemption
C F
Luckily, you don't believe in redemption
G F
This may work in your favor, I'm told
[Chorus]
Gm7 Am
So throw the old furniture in the fire
Gm7 Am
As the children go barbaric behind the wire
A#maj7 F
They're just childre-eh-eh-eh-en
A#maj7
[Verse 2]
C F C
It's a drag the way your flag had to come down
F C F G F
With one of the above Americas so ferociously in bloom
C
But pistols at dawn can only work for so long
F
Curved appetites took flight when you decided to call the song
C F G F
“F Pacific-Northwest Bitch Gets Shown To Her Room”
[Chorus]
Gm7 Am
So throw the old furniture in the fire
Gm7 Am
As the children go barbaric behind the wire
A#maj7 F
They're just childre-eh-eh-eh-en
A#maj7 F
Gm7 Am
And this one goes out, just like the one before
Gm7 Am
To the 17th version of How I Won the War
Gm7 Am
Oh, first Destroyer! And, oh, now the Underground!
[Bridge]
A#m F Dm
A#m F Dm
A#m F Dm
A#m
[Verse 3]
C F C F
Helena, the ramifications are very large tonight
C F G F
The stars say don't pick a fight or barge things around
[Outro]
Gm7 Am
So throw the old furniture in the fire
Gm7 Am
As the children go barbaric behind the wire
A#maj7 F
They're just childre-eh-eh-eh-en
A#maj7 F
They're just childre-eh-eh-eh-en
A#maj7 F
They're just childre-eh-eh-eh-en
A#maj7 F
They're just childre-eh-eh-eh-en