Sons And Daughters chords by 
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Key: E major•
Verse 1
E
And it all began like a new routine
We were drunk, we were tired,
we were sick
Verse 2
We were in between
C
C#m
D
E
And the jig was up
when the sun went down
It was dark, it was mean, it was black
There was not a sound
C
Verse 3
C#m
D
A
And when the morning
papers did not come
C
We shook our heads
We knew that we were done and
G
so we sat and prayed for
Just another try
B
Verse 4
E
D
A
Throw your babies in the water
F#
E
Let your hair down like you used to
D
A
And tell all your sons an d daughters
They don't have to grow
F#
up like you
A
They're not sup posed to
Interlude 1
A
E
Verse 5
E
Now the birds don't sing and
the cars won't go
There's a lump in your throat
There's no songs on the radio
Verse 6
C
C#m
D
E
An d the wall s caved
in and the well went dry
And the mountains shook
And the people all wondered
why
C
Verse 7
C#5
D
A
And in the morning I woke up to find
C
There's someone here
There's someone in my mind
G
And so I hung my head
And I began to cry
B
Verse 8
E
D
A
Throw your babies in the water
F#
E
Let your hair down like you used to
D
A
And tell all your sons an d daughters
They don't have to grow
F#
up like you
A
They're not sup posed to
Verse 9
B
Cradled, whipped
A
And mother's tongue
G#m
C#m
B
It's not hard to see what went wrong
Verse 10
B
E
D
E
If I told you once, I told you twice
You can beg, you can kneel,
you can pray
C
C#m
You'll be sacri ficed
D
A
And when the morning
papers did not come
C
We shook our heads
We knew that we were done and
G
so we sat and prayed for
Just another try
B
Verse 11
E
D
A
Throw your babies in the wa ter
F#
E
Let your hair down like you used to
D
A
And tell all your sons an d daughters
They don't have to grow
F#
up like you
A
They're not sup posed to
Verse 12
E
D
A
Throw your babies in the wa ter
F#
Let your hair down like you used to
E
And tell all your sons
D
A
an d daughters
They don't have to grow
F#
up like you
A
They're not sup posed to
E
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ChordsE C C#m D A...
E
C
C#m
D
A
G
B
F#
C#5
G#m
Capo: 2
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