Capo on 1st fret. I like to play this in drop D tuning (well, Eb, technically); 
this way one can pretty
easily emulate the bass line underneath the strumming pattern. Pretty 
straightforward song, just listen
for the chord changes, which don't always come where you'd expect.

Intro
Dm (xx0231@1)Dm (xx0231@1)                                GHoles (320003@1)in the ceiling, holes in our roof
Dm (xx0231@1)                                        GHope (320003@1)that we had got it made now gone in a poof
Dm (xx0231@1)                          GWhen (320003@1)it gonna be turn in the tide?
Dm (xx0231@1)                                 GWhen (320003@1)we gonna see we got god on our side

Chorus
F (133211@1)                 BbQuail (x1333x@1)and dumplings now to the end
F (133211@1)                 BbGod (x1333x@1)and her minions as our bosom friends
F (133211@1)                 BbWe (x1333x@1)got empty tummies but it won't always be
DmOne (xx0231@1)day it's gonna be quail and dumplings for we

Dm (xx0231@1)                                    GToo (320003@1)big our slippers and too small our bed
Dm (xx0231@1)                                  GToo (320003@1)bent our bosom and too broke our head
Dm (xx0231@1)                                GWe (320003@1)must hit the bottom in order to rise
Dm (xx0231@1)                                       GFind (320003@1)peace in a hovel to find home in the sky

F (133211@1)                 BbQuail (x1333x@1)and dumplings now to the end
F (133211@1)                 BbGod (x1333x@1)and her minions as our bosom friends
F (133211@1)                 BbWe (x1333x@1)got empty tummies but it won't always be
DmOne (xx0231@1)day it's gonna be quail and dumplings for we

CWhat (x32010@1)are we, why did he do this?
AmAin't (x02210@1)I a woman, ain't you a man?
CWhy (x32010@1)wait for someday, why make a plan?
AmFuck (x02210@1)birds in bushes, let's take em in hand

Guitar solo
Dm/ (xx0231@1) /  / G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0231@1">Dm /  /  / G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0231@1">Dm /  /  / G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0231@1">Dm /  /  / G (320003@1)Dm (xx0231@1)                                    GWeather (320003@1)ain't judgment and money ain't love
Dm (xx0231@1)                                        GThe (320003@1)crimes of a criminal ain't dealt from above
Dm (xx0231@1)                                     GI'll (320003@1)hold your hand and we'll say it's enough
Dm (xx0231@1)                                        GSatisfied (320003@1)minds and clean hearts and clean tongues

F (133211@1)                 BbQuail (x1333x@1)and dumplings now to the end
F (133211@1)                 BbGod (x1333x@1)and her minions as our bosom friends
F (133211@1)                 BbWe (x1333x@1)got empty tummies but it won't always be
DmOne (xx0231@1)day it's gonna be quail and dumplings for we.
                                                                                            
                        
                        
                        
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