16 Military Wives chords by The Decemberists
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Verse 1
(D major) Sixteen military (F major) wives
Thirty- two softly (G major) focused
brightly colored eyes (D major)
Staring at the natural tan (F major) of thirty- two gently (G major)
clenching wrinkled little hands (D major) (G major)
Seventeen company men (A major)
Out of which (B minor) only twelve
will make (C major) it back again (G major) (D major)
Sergeant sends a letter to five (F major)
Military wives (G major) whose tears drip
down from ten little (D major) eyes (A major)
Verse 2
Cheer them on to their (A major) rivals
'Cause Amer (G major) ica can,
(D major) and Amer (G major) ica can't (D major) say no (A major)
And Amer (G major) ica does, (D major)
if Amer (G major) ica says (D major) it's so (A major)
It's so
And the (E minor) anchor person on TV (G major)
Goes (D major) la di da di da
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Verse 3
(D major)
Fifteen celebrity minds (F major)
Leading their (G major) fifteen sordid,
wretched, checkered lives (D major)
Will they find the solution in time (F major)
Using their fif (G major) teen crispy moderate
liber (D major) al minds (G major)
Verse 4
Eighteen academy chairs (A major)
Out of which (B minor) only seven
really (C major) even cares (G major) (D major)
Doling out the garland to five (F major)
Celebrity mind (G major) s,
they're humbly taken by sur (D major) prise (A major)
Verse 5
Cheer them on to their (A major) rivals
'Cause America (G major) (D major) can,
and Amer (G major) ica can't (D major) say no (A major)
And Amer (G major) ica does, (D major)
if Amer (G major) ica says (D major) it's so (A major)
It's so
And the (E minor) anchor person on TV (G major)
Goes (D major) la di da di da
Interlude 1
La di da di da
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Verse 6
Fourteen cannibal (A major) kings
Wondering (B minor) blindly what the (C major) din
ner bell will bring (G major) (D major)
Fifteen celebrity minds (F major)
Served on a leafy (G major) bed of sixteen
military (D major) wives (A major)
Verse 7
Cheer them on to their (A major) rivals
'Cause Amer (G major) ica can (D major) ,
and Amer (G major) ica can't (D major) say no (A major)
And Amer (G major) ica does, (D major)
if Amer (G major) ica says (D major) it's so (A major)
It's so
And the (E minor) anchor person on TV (G major)
Goes (D major) la di da di da
La di da di da
La di da di da
Outro 1
La di da di da
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(D major) (F major) (C major)
16 Military Wives
The Decemberists
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