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Military Wives
The Decemberists
/ E - - - / x4
E (2) G (2)
Sixteen military wives
A (2) E (2)
Thirty-two softly focused brightly colored eyes
E (2) G (2)
Staring at the natural tan
A (2) E (2)
of thirty-two gently clenching wrinkled little hands
A (2) B (2)
Seventeen company men
C# D A (2)
Out of which only twelve will make it back again
E (2) G (2)
Sergeant sent a letter to five
A (2) E (2)
Military wives, his tears drip down to ten little eyes
B (4 hold)
Cheer them on to their rivals
Chorus:
A E A E B (2)
'Cause America can, and America can't say no
A E A E
B (4)
And America does, if America says it's so, it's so
F#m (2 hold) A (2 hold)
And the anchorperson on TV goes
E (4)
La de da de da
E (2) G (2)
Fifteen celebrity mimes
A (2) E (2)
Leading their fifteen sorted wretched checkered lives
E (2) G (2)
Will they find the solution in time
A (2) E (2)
Using their fifteen pristine moderate liberal minds?
A (2) B (2)
Eighteen academy chairs
C# D A (2)
Out of which only seven really even care
E (2) G (2)
Doling out a garment to five
A (2) E (2)
Celebrity mimes, they're humbly taken by surprise
B (4 hold)
Cheer them on to their rivals
Chorus
E (8)
La de da de da de-dadedade-da
La de da de da de-dadedade-da
Instrumental (play 2x):
/ E - - - / - - - - / G - - - / - - - - /
/ A - - - / - - - - / E -
- - / - - - - /
A (2) B (2)
Fourteen cannibal kings
C# D A (2)
Wondering blindly what the dinner bell will bring
E (2) G (2)
Fifteen celebrity mimes
A (2) E (2)
Served on a leafy bed to sixteen military wives
B (4 hold)
Cheer them on to their rivals
Chorus
E (16)
La de da de da de-dadedade-da
La de da de da de-dadedade-da
La de da de da de-dadedade-da
La de da de da de-dadedade-da
Instrumental (play 3x, hold last E):
/ E - - - / - - - - / G - - - / - - - - /
/ A - - - / - - - - / E - - - / - - - - /
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
