Chords for Violent Femmes - Country Death Song (Live on KEXP)

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_ _ _ This song is called the Country Death Song.
It _ _ goes like this.
I had me a wife, I had me some daughters.
I tried so hard, I never knew still waters.
Nothing to eat and nothing to [D] _ drink.
_ [Dm] _ _ Nothing for a man to do but sit around and think.
Nothing for a [G] man to [Em] do but sit [Dm] around and _ think. _
_ While I'm thinking and I'm thinking, till there's nothing I eat, sunk.
Breathing in the stink, till finally I stunk.
It was at that time, I swear I lost my [G] mind.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Dm] Started making plans to kill my own kind.
Started making [B] plans to kill [Dm] my own kind. _ _
_ [B] _ Come little daughter, I said youngest one.
Put your coat on, we'll have some fun.
Go out to the mountains, the one to explore.
[A] _ _ Her _ face lit up, I was standing by the door.
Her face lit up, [E] I was standing [Dm] by the door. _
_ _ Come little daughter, I'll carry the lanterns.
Go out tonight, we'll go to the caverns.
Go out tonight, we'll go to the _ _ _ _ caves.
Some other good night, remember that God saves.
Some other good [A] night, remember that [Dm] God saves. _ _
_ _ A letter to a hole, a deep black well.
I said make a wish, make sure and not tell.
Then close your eyes, dear, and count to [G] seven.
_ _ _ Know your papa loves you, good children go to heaven.
Know your papa loves you, [B] good children go to heaven. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] I gave her a [E] push, I gave her a shove.
[D] I pushed with all my [A] might, I pushed with all my love.
[E] I threw my child to a bottomless pit.
_ _ [E] _ _ She's screaming as she [A] fell, but I never heard her hit.
She's screaming as she fell, but I never heard her _ hit.
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[C] _ _ _ [B] _ Now [D] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ boys, to the tale that I tell.
You want to know how to take a short trip to hell.
It's guaranteed you get your own place in hell. _ _ _ _
Take your lovely daughter and put her in the well.
Take your lovely daughter [Am] and throw her in the [Dm] well.
_ _ _ _ Don't speak to me of lovers with a broken heart.
You want to know what will really tear you apart.
I'm going out to the barn with a never stopping pain. _ _ _ _ _
I'm going out to the [G] barn to [A] hang _ _ _ _ _ my son.
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in _ _ [Dm] shame. _ _ _
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Thank you very much.
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