Fair to Midland - The Wife, the Kids, and the White Picket Fence From: Fables from a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times is True) Tuning: Standard CHORDS: F C D G Bbsus Am Em E|--1--0--2--3---1-----0---0-------| B|--1--1--3--3---1-----1---0-------| G|--2--0--2--0---3-----2---0-------| D|--3--2--0--0---3-----2---2-------| A|--3--3-----x---1-----0---2-------| E|--1--------3-------------0-------| INTRO Em F C G Em F C Am VERSE Am F C G Mail order brides, turtlenecks, and trophy wives Am F Had the ways and means to breach C G The borders of easy street C G And to blend right in C We all surrounded them F C In a white picket fence G C Now both ends meet CHORUS F Sufficed to say theres a time and a place Am So I wait C G For the tug-of-war and who you'll pull for F Am While between you and me from point A to point B is a fine line C G That burns at both our good ends Am F C G 2 peas in a pod, a battleaxe, and a bastard child Am F took one step more C G and went straight to the source C G and to blend right in C they opened fire with F their rain checks spent C G C to make ends meet CHORUS C G F C Go on, paint the whole town red C G F C I'd rather follow who cleans up the mess C G F D And so I wait. Bbsus Yeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh! F Oh yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaahhhhhh C G So say yeah! CHORUS OUTRO Am G F C