Key: A
Introduction: G
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Cain got a milk-eyed mule from the auction, Abel got a telephone
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And even the last of their blue-eyed babies know
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That the burning man is the color of the end of day
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And how every tongue that gets bit always has another word to say
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Cain bought a blade from some witch at the window, Abel bought a bag of weed
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And even the last of their brown-eyed babies see
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That the cartoon king has a tattoo of a bleeding heart
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There ain' t a penthouse Christian wants the pain of the scab, but they all want the scar
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How every mouth sings of what it' s without, so we all sing of love (oh)
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And how it ain' t one dog who' s good at fuckin' and denying who he' s thinkin' of (oh)
Em D C Bm A G Run (repeat 2nd half of phrase twice):
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Ooh
Ooh
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Cain heard a cat tumble limp off the rooftop, Abel heard his papa pray
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And even the last of the black-eyed babies say
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That every saint has a chair you can borrow and a church to sell
C D G
That the wind blows cold across the back of the master and the kitchen help
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There' s a big pile of innocent bones still holding up the garden wall
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And it was always the broken hand we learned to lean on after all (oh-oh-oh-oh)
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How God knows if Christ came back, he would find us in a poker game (ha-ha-ha-ha-ha)
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After finding out the drugs were all free, but they won' t let you out the door again