the wife , the kids , and the white picket fence by fair to midland ( fables from A
mayfly : what i tell you three times is true )
tabbed by : sludge
Am F C G
mail order brides , turtlenecks , and trophy wives
Am F
had the ways and means to breach
C G
the borders of easy street
C G
and to blend right in
C
we all surrounded them
F C
in a white picket fence
G C
now both ends meet
( chorus )
F
sufficed to say there’s a time and a place
C
so i wait
G Em
for the tug – of – war and who you’ll pull for
F Am
while between you and me from point a to point B is a fine line
C G
that burns at both our good ends
Am F C G
2 peas in a pod , a battleaxe , and a bastard child
Am F
took one step more
C G
and went straight to the source
C G
and to blend right in
C
they opened fire with
F
their rain checks spent
C G C
to make ends meet
chorus
F
go on , paint the whole town red
C
i’d rather follow who cleans up the mess
G D
and so i wait .
the wife , the kids , and the white picket fence by fair to midland ( fables from A
mayfly : what i tell you three times is true )
tabbed by : sludge
Am F C G
mail order brides , turtlenecks , and trophy wives
Am F
had the ways and means to breach
C G
the borders of easy street
C G
and to blend right in
C
we all surrounded them
F C
in a white picket fence
G C
now both ends meet
( chorus )
F
sufficed to say there’s a time and a place
C
so i wait
G Em
for the tug – of – war and who you’ll pull for
F Am
while between you and me from point a to point B is a fine line
C G
that burns at both our good ends
Am F C G
2 peas in a pod , a battleaxe , and a bastard child
Am F
took one step more
C G
and went straight to the source
C G
and to blend right in
C
they opened fire with
F
their rain checks spent
C G C
to make ends meet
chorus
F
go on , paint the whole town red
C
i’d rather follow who cleans up the mess
G D
and so i wait .
