Intro

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

 	      B
Yeah my daddy was a farmer.
              A
He was a race car driver.
	     G
He is a four leaf clover.
	        F#m
He is the next messiah.

(play intro)

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

	      B
Take her down to the river,
	       A
split her right up the middle.
	        G
Now there's gonna be trouble,
            F#m
for 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.
	      B
Now my daddy was a chancer.
	     A
He was a bad check bouncer.
             G
But if he had cancer,
         F#m
he's a survivor.

          B      A
He's the next messiah.
          G     F#m
He's the next messiah.
          B      A
He's the next messiah.
          G     F#m
He's 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		                     G       F#m
        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                     G	      F#m
      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?

E
I'm 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       G


E
I want to tell you I love you. (x5)
I'm gonna go out walking baby, better be here when I get back.(x2)


A         G

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       A
He's the next messiah.
          G       F#m
He's the next messiah.
          B       A
He's the next messiah.
          G       F#m
He's the next messiah.