The Handsome Family – Flies (Guitar)
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Chords
From the album Wilderness
[INTRO]
G
[VERSE 1]
C G Your fan of golden hair D G G/F# oiled with rose and cinnamon Em G As your blood bloomed poppy red Am C G across your velvet coat Am C G Your deep blue velvet coat
[VERSE 2]
C G Yes, there in Montana prairie grass D G G/F# the Sioux shot Custer down Em G His red scarf tied, his black boots shined Am C G How beautiful he looked to the flies, Am C G the happy kingdom of flies
[VERSE 3]
C G Dear Custer there's a Wal-Mart now D G G/F# where once the grizzlies roamed Em G Mountains of hair spray and cowboy shirts Am C G and everyone has a gun Am C G Everyone still has a gun
[VERSE 4]
C G But high in the rafters above the lights, D G G/F# red finches, they hide their nests Em G And when our cars drive out of sight Am C G they sing symphonies across the night Am C G In their forest of heating pipes
[VERSE 5]
C G And out past the parking lot along the curb D G G/F# in the wilds of weed and trash Em G Great armies of the smallest ants Am C G fight battles for the glory of their queen Am C G Such a tiny glorious queen
[VERSE 6]
C G But even the empress of the ants D G G/F# for whom ten thousand fall Em G Makes not a sound beneath the blades Am C G of our great empire of lawns Am C G How quiet is the empire of lawns