the GBV's songbook

name: Redmen and Their Wives
album: Under the Bushes Under the Stars
date: 1996
author(s): Robert Pollard
© 1996 Needmore song (BMI)

chords:
Dm   x57765
C    x35553
Bb   x13331
F    133211
G    355433
Am   x02210
A/Bb x03331

riff:
 (1)
  Dm      C      Bb
B-7-------5-------3-3...
D-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-3-3-3...
A-5-------3-------1-1...

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(1)

Bb           A/Bb
roll out of bed
        F                  G                Bb
they're issuing lives for redmen and their wives
          A/Bb
offering hands
      F                     G                Bb
and twiddling thumbs, for dreams that never come
       A/Bb
often said
     F                G                    Am
you better not look away, you'll lose the day
           Dm     Bb
the way i see it
              A/Bb  Am
it's already lost
         Dm          Bb
so then be it, they say
                     A/Bb
they're sharpening knives
      F                   G                Bb
and primitive lives, for redmen and their wives
                    A/Bb
bread winners and klutz
     F               G                Am
and losing it all before the one eye shuts
        Dm   Bb                 A/Bb   Am
well i see it as paying the price,
        Dm             Bb
nobody feels it these days

(1) x2

Bb        F         C
well i'd like to go
                 G   Bb
and kiss them away
          F           C
well i'd like to know
         G  Bb
another way
         F
did you notice that
   C                            G
they're taking back lives from redmen just to
Bb                A/Bb
give them time to find the light
    F                  G
and other things that bind with pride
   Bb             A/Bb
a killer's waking up this time
    F                G
to honest gleam and needless pride
     Bb              A/Bb
we'll never see it shine
     F                G
we'll never find the time
     Bb              A/Bb
we'll never see it shine
     F                G
we'll never find the time...

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