Fruit Bats - The Little Acorn

fruit bats
the little acorn

intro : F , Em ( 4x )

D
saving all the waitresses
G A
cause they’ve all got longing in their eyes
D
little acorn becomes the mighty oak
G A
the oak throws its seeds to the sky

G Em
drive your car up to the pole
G
that’s as far as you can go
Em
take your coat off when you know
A
to warm your bones in the northern

D A# D A# A
snow , snow

D
drop a feather in the water
G A
what the ocean gives , the sky will take
D
killing swans with twenty – one guns
G A
just to see them fall to the lake

G Em
when you’re driving up the coast
G
to your left is a black mass
Em
drive your car until you see
A
to wet your toes with the salty

D , A# D , A# A
sea , sea

( same as before )

float your paperboat up the creek
and watch the waves , from it’s sways
killing swans with twenty – one guns
just to see them fall , to see them break
drive your car up to the pole
that’s as far as you can go
take your coat off when you know
to warm your bones in the northern
snow , snow
in the northern snow , the northern snow
in the northern snow , in the northern snow