Kimya Dawson – Hadlock Padlock (Ukulele Live)

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[Intro] C F C G C F C G C [Verse 1]
  C                   F
I ran into matlock at hadlock padlock

  C                     G
I said have you seen my love?

        C              F
He said he was over on elkins road

     C         G         C
Face down in a puddle of blood

       C
Then I ran into Blair Warner

       F
At the Chevron at four corners

  C                    G
I said did you see him die?

         C
She said that was just a rumor

      F
Super duper small town trumor

       C
He was shipped off

   G              C
To treatment last night
[Chorus]
     G                       F
What goes around don't come around not in this town

C                           F                   G
Seven walls go up for every one wall that comes down

        C                          F
And the old ladies pray they'll be young again someday

        C       G             C
Do your job you dirty slob or nobody gets paid
[Verse 2]
        C                              F
She was standing on the dock trying to hit the moon with rocks

 C                        G
Along came a man with his cock in his hand

   C                           F
He said what do you think? She said I think you stink

         C                G                 C
Then she spit in his eye, said bye-bye, and pushed him in the drink

         C                          F
Then she went to the pay shower and pumped quarters for an hour

     C                       G
Even though she made it, she still felt violated

            C
Wrapped the soap-on-a-rope around her throat

F                                   G                             F                    C
Said dear god I really hope, you'll let me into heaven 'cause I'm only eleven and I've got nowhere to go
[Chorus]
     G                       F
What goes around don't come around not in this town

  C                                    F                  G
A subway sandwich shop goes up and the roller rink closed down

        C                          F
And the kids all pray that they'll either get away

         C                G                  C
Or get a job like Chad in dad's meth lab and become rich one day
[Verse 3]
C                                      F
Little David was learning to skate, he practiced every single day

C                               G
Kept falling and falling but he finally learned to ollie

C                          F
He wondered who he'd tell, thought he would tell Mel

C                   G                  C
But Mel and all his other friends were in the county jail

         C                                 F
Which is where I sent the letter that said things are gonna get better

        C                                  G                  
He said you've got it all wrong, why'd you write this stupid song?

              C                                      F
I said 'cause you're in my head, even if you want me dead

       G                    F                    C
Just because I said exactly what I meant doesn't mean I meant what I said
[Chorus]
     F     G                 F
What goes around don't come around not in this town

               C                           G
You don't need karmic retribution if you've got good ammunition

    C                       F
And mama always prayed that someday she'd get laid

   C                     G                C
By some dumb fuck with a pickup truck and really good cocaine
[Verse 4]
          C                             F
Could you please do me a favor when you go to penny saver

      C                          G
Get a half-rack of lucky for the girls

    C                          F
Two roast beef mighty bites, a pack of old gold lights

    C              G          C
And meet us at the end of the world

        C                              F
I'll be standing on the cliff with the sunset in my eyes

        C                    G
I'll be too insignificant to feel the need to lie

  C                                F
I wonder if this climbing that you city people do

     C              G          C
Ever leads you to a place with such a pretty view

     G                             F
What if what goes around is just a naked crying clown

        C                                  F                 G
And the clouds split down the middle and a mighty hand comes down

       C                               F
And we think that we are saved but the hand is made of clay

       C                G               C
And my tears make messy make up streaks all over my face
[Chorus]
     G                      F
What goes around don't come around not in this town

C                           G
Seven walls go up for every one wall that comes down

        C                          F
And the old ladies pray they'll be young again someday

        C       G             C
Do your job you dirty slob or nobody gets paid
[Outro]
F           C
Nobody gets laid

F           C
Nobody gets saved

C               G             C
Do your job you dirty slob or nobody gets paid