Intro

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Living in the meadow,
the mighty mighty meadow.
With too many people,
sucking all the water.

 	      BYeah (x2444x@1)my daddy was a farmer.
              AHe (x02220@1)was a race car driver.
	     GHe (320003@1)is a four leaf clover.
	        F#mHe (244222@1)is the next messiah.

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Now he's living in the woods,
the dark and dank woods.
With a cocktail waitress,
who thinks she's an artist.

	      BTake (x2444x@1)her down to the river,
	       Asplit (x02220@1)her right up the middle.
	        GNow (320003@1)there's gonna be trouble,
            F#mfor (244222@1)a pregnant lamb and a con man.

(intro)

I sit in the clink,
dye his hair in the sink.
And the tumor gonna make a
man out of him.
	      BNow (x2444x@1)my daddy was a chancer.
	     AHe (x02220@1)was a bad check bouncer.
             GBut (320003@1)if he had cancer,
         F#mhe's (244222@1)a survivor.

          B (x2444x@1)    AHe's (x02220@1)the next messiah.
          G (320003@1)   F#mHe's (244222@1)the next messiah.
          B (x2444x@1)    AHe's (x02220@1)the next messiah.
          G (320003@1)   F#mHe's (244222@1)the next messiah.


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Covering it up,
squeezing it out,
watching it bleed.
You're watching it all,
taking it back.
She's down on her knees.

A (x02220@1)                     G (320003@1)     F#m (244222@1)       When did she come to detest you?

Giving it back,
backing you up,
nothing's for free.
You're giving it back,
for locking you up,
those terrible deeds.


A (x02220@1)                   G (320003@1)     F#m (244222@1)     When will they come to arrest you?
      When did she come to detest you?

      When will they come to arrest you?
      When did she come to detest you?

EI'm (022100@1)gonna give my love to you on a day you gotta bring it back. (x4)
I want to tell you I love you. (x4)

A (x02220@1)     G (320003@1)
EI (022100@1)want to tell you I love you. (x5)
I'm gonna go out walking baby, better be here when I get back.(x2)


A (x02220@1)       G (320003@1)Oooohhhh

I'm gonna give my love to you on a day you gotta bring it back. (x2)
I want to tell you I love you. (x2)


          B (x2444x@1)     AHe's (x02220@1)the next messiah.
          G (320003@1)     F#mHe's (244222@1)the next messiah.
          B (x2444x@1)     AHe's (x02220@1)the next messiah.
          G (320003@1)     F#mHe's (244222@1)the next messiah.