Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank
Barenaked LadiesVersion1
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D-DU-UDU
I tend the wheat field that makes your bread
I bind the sweet veal, pluck the hens that make your bed.
Mother Nature & Mother Earth
Are two of three women who dictate what I'm worth.
I'm the farmer, I work in the fields all day
Don't mean to alarm her, but I know it was meant to be this way.
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
You signed your picture with an O and X
I bet you don't write "love" each time you sign your checks.
REPEAT CHORUS
All of this corn I grow, I grow it all for you
I took a hatchet to the radio, I did it all for you
But you could have written back and you could have said "thank you".
I guess you got better things, I guess you got better things
I guess you got better things , better things to do
Better things to do, better things to do,
better things to do, oh.
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.
REPEAT CHORUS
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Readable chord sheet for Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank by Barenaked Ladies
[Em] [G] [Em] [G] [Em] [G] [Em] [G] I[Em] tend the w[G]heat field that [Em]makes your bread [G] I[Em] bind the swee[G]t veal, pluck the hens that mak[D]e your bed. M[Em]other Nature[G] & Mother [Em]Earth [G] A[Em]re two of three w[G]omen who dictate what I'[D]m worth. I[Em]'m the fa[G]rmer, I [D]work in the fiel[C]ds all day D[Em]on't mean to ala[G]rm her, but I kn[D]ow it was meant to be th[C]is way. [Em] [G] [Em] [G] 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 Y[Em]ou signed your picture [G]with an O and X [Em] [C] I[Em] bet you don't wri[G]te "love" each time you [D]sign your checks. REPEAT CHORUS [C] [D] [G] [G/f#] A[Em]ll of this corn I grow, I grow it all for you [C] [D] [G] [G/f#] I[Em] took a hatchet to the radio, I did it all for you B[C]ut you could have written bac[D]k and you could have said "thank you". [Cm7] I[C] guess you got b[D]etter things, I[C] guess you got better th[D]ings I[C] guess you got bet[D]ter things , better things to do[Em] B[G]etter things to do, [Em] [G] better things to d[Em]o, [G] [D] better things to do, oh. 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. REPEAT CHORUS Outtro: [Em] [G] [Em] [G] [Em] [G] [Em] [G]