The People Are Scratching chords by
Jody Carroll

N/A

Key: D minor

Intro 1

Verse 1
Am Am 
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Come fill up your glasses
E E 
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and set yourself on down
Am Am 
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Tell you the story of somebody else's town
Dm Dm 
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It ain't too near, it's not too far away
E E 
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And it's really not a place
where you'd ever want to stay
Am Am 
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As the people are scratching
Dm Dm 
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all over the streets
E E 
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Am Am 
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As the rabbits had nothing left to eat
E E 
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Winter came in with its cold icy blast
Killed off the flowers
Am Am 
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and killed off the grass
Well the rabbits were starving
Dm Dm 
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all because of  the freeze
E E 
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And they started to eat the bark
right off the trees
Am Am 
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Now the people are scratching
Dm Dm 
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all over the streets
E E 
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As the rabbits had nothing
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E E 
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Am Am 
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left to eat
Now the farmer said,
E E 
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this sort of thing won't do
Our trees will be dead
Am Am 
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by the time the rabbits are through
We'll have to poison the rabbits,
Dm Dm 
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yes it's clear
E E 
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We'll have no crop to harvest next year
Am Am 
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The people are scratching
Dm Dm 
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all over the streets
E E 
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Am Am 
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As the rabbits had nothing left to eat
So they brought out the poison
and spread it all around
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Am Am 
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Soon the dead rabbits began to be found
The dogs ate the rabbits
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Am Am 
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Dm Dm 
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an d   the farmers just said
E E 
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Well, poison them rabbits
till the last dog is dead
Am Am 
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Now the people are scratching
Dm Dm 
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all over the streets
E E 
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Cause the rabbits had nothing left
Am Am 
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Dm Dm 
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Am Am 
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Dm Dm 
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C C 
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Am Am 
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to eat
Up in the sky,
E E 
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there were meat -eating fowl
The dead rabbits poisoned
Am Am 
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all the hawks and the owls
Thousands of field mice
Dm Dm 
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that the hawks they used to chase
E E 
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Well, they're multiplying
all over the place
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Now the people are scratching
Dm Dm 
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all over the streets
E E 
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Am Am 
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As the rabbits had nothing to eat
Now the fields and meadows,
E E 
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they were barren and brown
The mice got hungry
Am Am 
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and they moved into town
Well the city folks,
Dm Dm 
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they took the farmer's advice
E E 
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And they started to poison all the mice
Am Am 
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Now the people are scratching
Dm Dm 
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all over the streets
E E 
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Am Am 
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Cause the rabbits had nothing left to eat
All through this country
E E 
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And all through the town
There wasn't a dog or a cat
Am Am 
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left to be found
Well, the fleas asked each other,
Dm Dm 
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where can we stay
E E 
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And they've been on the people
till this very day
Am Am 
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Now the people are scratching
Dm Dm 
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all over the streets
E E 
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But the rabbits had nothing
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Asus4 Asus4 
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left to eat
Am Am 
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Now, you small creatures
E E 
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that live on this land
Stay clear of the man
Am Am 
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with his poisonous hand
C C 
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Few bales of hay,
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Dm Dm 
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well, they might keep you alive
E E 
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But he'll pay more to kill you
than to let you survive
Am Am 
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Now the people are scratching
Dm Dm 
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all over the streets
E E 
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Am Am 
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Us rabbits, ain't nothing to eat

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