Tom: G
G Em D C
im pretty sure the strumming is ddudu but i could be wrong, refer to video. starting at the second
"how would they break through the stones" through the rest of the song, each chord is one strum (d)
I think the link opens the wrong video for some reason but the video is called "peter mcpolands bop" on
youtube and this song starts at 5:35
[Verse]
G
We're children in the eyes of the mothers,
Em
and the mothers are all blind deaf and dumb
D
and the mute have called out one another
C
and the blind will not look at anyone
G
G
and the schoolgirls have all gotten killed yet
Em
in the crossfire of beauty and age
D
and the men are now selling free will oh
C
and i’m buying some once i get paid oho
G
G Em
so when will the lines all break
D C
and when will the bells sound home
G
and when will the bikes on the
Em D C
front yard lawn weather down and all erode
G Em
and why did the ladies laugh
D C
when they had packed their spokes
G Em
with magnolia leaves from the dying trees
D C
as they wrote from a one story joke
Em
green was the grass
C G
blue we’re the eyes staring back
D Em
at the homes of the past
Em
G Em
how would they break through the stones
D C
and how would they swim through the blood
G Em D C
and how long until that dam on the hill broke it’s back cried for a flood
G Em
and when it was all said and done
D C
who would be there left to blame
G Em
for the ladies all laughed at the clearing of the path
D C
and the flood washed the street signs away
[Chorus]
Em
green was the grass
C G
blue we’re the eyes staring back
D Em
at the homes of the past
Em
G Em
how would they break through the stones
D C
and how would they swim through the blood
G Em D C
and how long until that dam on the hill broke it’s back cried for a flood
G Em
and when it was all said and done
D C
who would be there left to blame
G Em
for the ladies all laughed at the clearing of the path
D C
and the flood washed the street signs away
