Tom: D
D Gm
Here we have a dust free dining set
E|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-|
E|5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-|
D Gm D Am D
we guarantee it won't collect a speck
G Gm D F#m Bm
freeing up the children to instead grow into your molding
D F#m Bm E A
heed more of your scolding, go early to their new self-making beds
D Gm
it seems like you'd be tired of losing face
E|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-|
E|5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-|
D Gm D Am D
like you'd want to put the children in their place
G Gm D F#m Bm
the more you have to tell them to do their chores
E A A7
the more you run the risk of being ignored
[Chorus]
Em D A
if you're lucky they'll turn out as good as you
Em D A
you tell them that they're good kids but you know that it's not true
D F#m Bm G
your father drank a little, you're on liver number two
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|2-4-2-0--------------------------|
D|--------4-2-0-0h2-0-0------------|
A|----------------------4-5-0-2-4--|
E|---------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
D Gm
progress has a way of feigning ease
E|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-|
E|5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-|
D Gm D Am D
convenient new inventions beg and tease
G Gm D F#m Bm
for though it is impossible to cure a husband bent on cheating
D F#m Bm D F#m Bm
the oxygen depleting... a child who's always bragging
D F#m Bm
a wife's persistent nagging
E A A7
we're equipped to live as though it were
[Chorus]
Em D A
if you're lucky they'll turn out as good as you
Em D A
you tell them that they're good kids but you know that it's not true
D F#m Bm G
your father drank a little, you're on liver number two
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|2-4-2-0--------------------------|
D|--------4-2-0-0h2-0-0------------|
A|----------------------4-5-0-2-4--|
E|---------------------------------|
