The Wife, the Kids, and the White Picket Fence by Fair to Midland (Fables from a
Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times is True)
Tabbed by: Sludge


Am (x02210@1)       F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)              GMail (320003@1)order brides, turtlenecks, and trophy wives
Am (x02210@1)             F (133211@1)      
Had the ways and means to breach
C (x32010@1)            GThe (320003@1)borders of easy street
C (x32010@1)                GAnd (320003@1)to blend right in
       CWe (x32010@1)all surrounded them
     F (133211@1)          CIn (x32010@1)a white picket fence
    G (320003@1)       CNow (x32010@1)both ends meet


(Chorus)
F (133211@1)     
Sufficed to say there's a time and a place
CSo (x32010@1)I wait
        G (320003@1)                       EmFor (022000@1)the tug-of-war and who you'll pull for
F (133211@1)                                                   AmWhile (x02210@1)between you and me from point A to point B is a fine line
     C (x32010@1)                    GThat (320003@1)burns at both our good ends



Am (x02210@1)        F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)          G2 (320003@1)peas in a pod, a battleaxe, and a bastard child
Am (x02210@1)           Ftook (133211@1)one step more
    C (x32010@1)                  Gand (320003@1)went straight to the source
C (x32010@1)                Gand (320003@1)to blend right in
            Cthey (x32010@1)opened fire with
      F (133211@1)
their rain checks spent
   C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)  Cto (x32010@1)make ends meet


Chorus


FGo (133211@1)on, paint the whole town red
CI'd (x32010@1)rather follow who cleans up the mess
G (320003@1)      DAnd (xx0232@1)so I wait.
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