Poison in the Well chords by 10, 000 Maniacs
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Intro 1
(G major) (Gsus4) (G major) (Gsus4) (G major) (Gsus4) (G major)
(Gsus4) Tell me
Verse 1
(C major) what's gone wrong. (G major)
I tilt (C major) my head there, under the faucet,
(B minor) but when I turn it on (A minor) -- dry as pa (G major) per. (Gsus4)
Call the neigh (G major) bors. (Gsus4)
(C major) Who's to blame for what's going on? (G major)
(C major) In the dark without a clue I'm
just (B minor) the same as you. (A minor)
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Verse 2
(G major) O, they tell (B minor) us there's
(E minor) poison in the well,
that (D major) someone's (G major) been a bit (B minor) untidy (E minor)
and there's been (D major) a (E minor) small (C major) spill.
Not (G major) a lot, (Gsus4) no,
just a drop. (G major) (Gsus4)
But there (G major) you are mistaken, (Gsus4)
you know you are. (G major) (Gsus4)
I won (C major) der just how long (G major) they knew (C major) our well was
poisoned but they (B minor) let us just drink on. (A minor)
Verse 3
(G major) O, they tell (B minor) us there's poison (E minor) in the well, (D major)
(E minor) that (D major) someone's (G major) been a bit (B minor) untidy (E minor)
and there's been (D major) (E minor) a small (D major) spill. (G major)
All that it (B minor) amounts to is
a tear (E minor) in a salted sea. (D major) (E minor)
(D major) Someone's (G major) been a bit (B minor) untidy,
(E minor) they'll have it cleaned (D major) up (E minor) in (D major) a week.
(C major) But the week is over (G major) and (C major) now it's grown (G major) into years (C major) since I was told (G major) that (C major) I should be calm,
(D major) there's nothing to fear (G major) (Gsus4) here. (G major) (Gsus4)
But I drank (G major) that water for years,
(Gsus4) my wife an (G major) d my children. (Gsus4)
Verse 4
Tell me, (C major) where to now, (G major) if your fight (C major) for a bearable
life can be fought and (B minor) lost in you backyard?
(A minor)
Verse 5
(G major) O, don't tell (B minor) us there's
poison (E minor) in the well, (D major) (E minor)
that (D major) someone's (G major) been a bit (B minor) untidy,
(E minor) that there's been (D major) a (E minor) small (D major) spill. (G major)
All that it (B minor) amounts to is
a tear (E minor) in a salted sea. (D major) (E minor)
(D major) Someone's (G major) been a bit (B minor) untidy,
(E minor) they'll have it cleaned (D major) up in a week. (G major)
Poison in the Well
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