Verse
B E B E
Helena, the ramifications are very large tonight
B E F#
The stars say don't pick a fight or barge things around
B E B E
See, apparently our bloodlines are botched beyond redemption
B E
Luckily, you don't believe in redemption
F# E
This may work in your favor, I'm told
[Chorus]
F#m7 Abm
So throw the old furniture in the fire
F#m7 Abm
As the children go barbaric behind the wire
Amaj7 E
They're just childre-eh-eh-eh-en
Amaj7
[Verse 2]
B E B
It's a drag the way your flag had to come down
E B E F# E
With one of the above Americas so ferociously in bloom
B
But pistols at dawn can only work for so long
E
Curved appetites took flight when you decided to call the song
B E F# E
“E Pacific-Northwest Bitch Gets Shown To Her Room”
[Chorus]
F#m7 Abm
So throw the old furniture in the fire
F#m7 Abm
As the children go barbaric behind the wire
Amaj7 E
They're just childre-eh-eh-eh-en
Amaj7 E
F#m7 Abm
And this one goes out, just like the one before
F#m7 Abm
To the 17th version of How I Won the War
F#m7 Abm
Oh, first Destroyer! And, oh, now the Underground!
[Bridge]
Am E C#m
Am E C#m
Am E C#m
Am
[Verse 3]
B E B E
Helena, the ramifications are very large tonight
B E F# E
The stars say don't pick a fight or barge things around
[Outro]
F#m7 Abm
So throw the old furniture in the fire
F#m7 Abm
As the children go barbaric behind the wire
Amaj7 E
They're just childre-eh-eh-eh-en
Amaj7 E
They're just childre-eh-eh-eh-en
Amaj7 E
They're just childre-eh-eh-eh-en
Amaj7 E
They're just childre-eh-eh-eh-en