Shady Acres chords by Janis Ian
Verse 1
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I think of who's to blame
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And I bow my head in shame
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So you've grown tired of your
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parents always hanging around
Now they spoil your children and
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having grandparents is out
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Yes, they raised you well, but you wished to hell that they'd
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go away so you wouldn't have to pay for their food
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Forget all the years when
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they paid for you
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Send your mother to
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Shady
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Acres, send your father to
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Shady
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Acres, we'll take good care
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of them, you won't be aware of them,
send them to
Shady
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Acres.
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Well, if one of them's dead,
don't worry your head,
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cause we have a matchmaker.
They can sit down and fetch
on the redstone steps
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while watching green acres.
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Yes, if you don't want to visit,
well, there's no requisite.
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We have foster sons and daughters
to help all our barters,
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To stop feeling blue
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Keep the checks coming and
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we won't bother you
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Send your mother to
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Shady
Acres
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Send your father to
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Shady
Acres
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We'll take good care of them,
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you won't be aware of them
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Send them to shady acres
Yes, our homes so peaceful
They die while they're sleeping,
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yes, right in their beds
Now there's no need for worry
We have our own mortuary
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And a beautiful cemetery
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Yes, we are good people
We care for the feeble
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We've devoted our lives
To the husbands and wives
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Who don't want their fathers
Here on to be bothers
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So send them where respectable
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Send your mother to
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Shady
Acres
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Send your father to
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Shady
Acres
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We'll take good care of them
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Because we love them
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And send them to shady acres
Well the
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Freudian doctors they tell me
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Have no fear, it's not your fault
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You're growing up bad because
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Your parents did you wrong
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And I blame it on my parents,
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on teachers in the school
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Till I remember once upon a time,
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they had parents too
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I think of who's to blame,
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and I bow my head in shame.
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Shady Acres
Janis Ian
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