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Poison in the Well

Poison in the Well easy guitar chords by 10, 000 Maniacs

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Capo
  • G

  • Gsus4

  • C

  • Bm

    2
  • Am

  • Em

  • D

  • G

  • Gsus4

  • C

  • Bm

    2
  • Am

  • Em

  • D

  • Intro 1
    G
    Gsus4
    G
    Gsus4
    G
    Gsus4
    G


    Gsus4
    Tell me
    Verse 1
    C
    G

    what's gone wrong.
    C

    I tilt my head there, under the faucet,
    Bm
    Am
    G
    Gsus4

    but when I turn it on -- dry as paper.
    G
    Gsus4

    Call the neighbors.
    C
    G

    Who's to blame for what's going on?
    C

    In the dark without a clue I'm
    Bm
    Am

    just the same as you.
    Verse 2
    G
    Bm

    O, they tell us there's
    Em

    poison in the well,
    D
    G
    Bm
    Em

    that someone's been a bit untidy
    D
    Em
    C

    and there's been a small spill.
    G
    Gsus4

    Not a lot, no,
    G
    Gsus4

    just a drop.
    G
    Gsus4

    But there you are mistaken,
    G
    Gsus4

    you know you are.
    C
    G
    C

    I wonder just how long they knew our well was
    Bm
    Am

    poisoned but they let us just drink on.
    Verse 3
    G
    Bm
    Em
    D

    O, they tell us there's poison in the well,
    Em
    D
    G
    Bm
    Em

    that someone's been a bit untidy
    D
    Em
    D
    G

    and there's been a small spill.
    Bm

    All that it amounts to is
    Em
    D
    Em

    a tear in a salted sea.
    D
    G
    Bm

    Someone's been a bit untidy,
    Em
    D
    Em
    D

    they'll have it cleaned up in a week.
    C
    G
    C
    G
    C
    G
    C

    But the week is over and now it's grown into years since I was told that I should be calm,
    D
    G
    Gsus4
    G
    Gsus4

    there's nothing to fear here.
    G

    But I drank that water for years,
    Gsus4
    G
    Gsus4

    my wife and my children.
    Verse 4
    C
    G
    C

    Tell me, where to now, if your fight for a bearable
    Bm

    life can be fought and lost in you backyard?
    Am
    Verse 5
    G
    Bm

    O, don't tell us there's
    Em
    D
    Em

    poison in the well,
    D
    G
    Bm

    that someone's been a bit untidy,
    Em
    D
    Em
    D
    G

    that there's been a small spill.
    Bm

    All that it amounts to is
    Em
    D
    Em

    a tear in a salted sea.
    D
    G
    Bm

    Someone's been a bit untidy,
    Em
    D
    G

    they'll have it cleaned up in a week.

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