Duck and Cover chords by Glen Phillips

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Verse 1
D 
 (D major) Someone's in the backyard
banging on the door
Daddy's gone away,
he's coming back no more
His baby's curled up on
a stranger's floor
C 
Mom (C major) ma's thinking family dinners
D 
weren't too much  (D major) to ask for

Verse 2
A 
 (A major) Everybody here's got
Em 
a story  (E minor) to tell
G 
Everybody's  (G major) been through
D 
 (D major) their own hell
A 
There's  (A major) nothing too special
G 
about  (G major) getting hurt
But getting over it, that takes the work
D 
 (D major) 

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Verse 3
C 
One  (C major) way or the other we'll all
need each other
D 
 (D major) Nothing's gonna turn out the
way you thought it would
Friends and lovers,
don't you duck and cover
C 
D 
'Cause  (C major) everything comes  (D major) out
G 
the  (G major) way it should
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 4
D 
 (D major) Blessed are the humble,
blessed are the meek
Blessed are the hungry,
blessed are the weak
Blessed are the ones on the other side
C 
G 
And  (C major) blessed are we just  (G major) for being alive
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 5
A 
Em 
One  (A major) day I stopped wanting any (E minor) thing at all
G 
D 
The  (G major) heavens opened up like a  (D major) waterfall
A 
G 
No  (A major) use in worrying about  (G major) when it ends
Just for now be thankful for what I get
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 6
C 
One  (C major) way or another a
man's gonna suffer
D 
 (D major) Makes no difference the way you wanted it
But friends and lovers,
don't you duck and cover
C 
Em 
D 
'Cause  (C major) everything  (E minor) comes  (D major) out the
G 
D 
 (G major) way it should in  (D major) the end

Verse 7
D 
G 
D 
 (D major)  (G major)  (D major) 
A 
Em 
Seems  (A major) like life is  (E minor) a   palindrome
G 
D 
 (G major) Cry when you die, cry  (D major) when you're born
A 
In  (A major) between it's all about
G 
the  (G major) ups and downs
Add them all together,
Em 
G 
D 
they'll  (E minor) can (G major) cel each other  (D major) out

Verse 8
D 
 (D major) 
C 
D 
One way  (C major) or another,  (D major) one way or another
C 
You won't  (C major) get what you wanted,
D 
but you'll get enough for sure  (D major) 
C 
One way  (C major) or another,
G 
the winter  (G major) pays for the summer
C 
Won't  (C major) get what you wanted,
D 
but what you got'll be  (D major) good

Verse 9
D 
 (D major) 
Someone's in the backyard
banging on the door
Daddy's gone away,
he's coming back no more
His baby's curled up on
a stranger's floor
Momma's thinking happy endings
weren't too much to ask for