Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank Barenaked Ladies
"Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank"
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Capo on 3rd fret
All chords relative to capo
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Intro:
Em G Em G Em G  Em  G
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Em    G       Em            G
I tend the wheat field that makes your bread
Em     G              D
I bind the sweet veal, pluck the hens that make your bed.
Em    G    Em       G
Mother Nature & Mother Earth
Em       G           D
Are two of three women who dictate what I'm worth.
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Chorus:
Em   G   D       C
I'm the farmer, I work in the fields all day
Em       G       D           C
Don't mean to alarm her, but I know it was meant to be this way.
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Em  G  Em  G
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You cried a tear, I wiped it dry.
I put you up upon a pedestal so high.
If you should waver, if you should sway,
I'll catch you, spread my tiny wings and fly away
Em          G        Em    C
You signed your picture with an O and X
Em       G           D
I bet you don't write "love" each time you sign your checks.
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REPEAT CHORUS
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CÂ Â Â Â Â DÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â GÂ G/F#Â Â Â Â Â Em
All of this corn I grow, I grow it all for you
CÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â DÂ Â GÂ G/F#Â Â Â Em
I took a hatchet to the radio, I did it all for you
CÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â D
[CM7]But you could have written back and you could have said "thank you". CÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â DÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â CÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â D
I guess you got better things, I guess you got better things
CÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â DÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Em
I guess you got better things , better things to do
G         Em  G           Em  G
[D]Better things to do,       better things to do,
better things to do, oh.
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You say you love me, is that the truth?
Although they've heard the songs, my friends need living proof.
I know your address, I ring the bell,
I bring you flowers and a .22 with shells.
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REPEAT CHORUS
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Outtro:
Em G Em G Em G Em G
[Em]
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