Cry Wet Smile Dry chords by Cardiacs

Verse 1:

G#     C#  G#
It is today couriers day

     C#   G#
I have a letter to say

F#       B    D E D
Pen is good for nothing do me in

G#           C#  G#
This letter old letter is arrears

           C#    G#
It shall stay to the post for years yeah

F#       B    D  E   D
Till at what o'clock is ten clock strike?

G#        C#   G#
Cry wet smile dry if you won't then say goodbye

C#  G#
It is not that

F#        B     D E  D
Tie 'em rope 'em brand 'em in the eye


Chorus 1:

D    A C#        G
And all we want to see's all that

B    F# G# D# E B
It is remaaaaarrrrrkable

A  C#     G  B
The streets be laid out by line

  F# G# D# E   B
And to    paved yeah
A C# G B F# G#


Verse 2:

G#        C#  G#
Until two o'clock after midnight

        C#   G#
At what o'clock are you to bed?

F#     B     D  E   D
I think yet that it is ten clock strike

G#           C#  G#
This letter old letter is arrears

           C#    G#
It shall stay to the post for years

   F#     B
This day is good for nothing

D E D
Do me in

G#          C#    G#
How is the day of the month the year

          C# G#
The day the hour etcetera

    F#       B
That is some letter to me

D E   D
Go brand them


Chorus 2:

D   A
In the eye

C#       G
See 'em wet and cry

B      F# G# D# E  B
Making 'em smiiiiiiiiiile dry

A  C#       G
Cry Dixie hang 'em high

B        F# G# D# E
Brand 'em in the eye

B    A  C#       G
Yeah! Oh my! See 'em wet and cry

B      F# G#
See 'em wet and cry


Bridge:

Bb  D    Ab     C   Eb
I am to tell some words that I know by heart

   Bb     B        F#
"Tie 'em rope 'em brand 'em in the eye

    G       D  E
Cry all wet and smile dry"
D E D E D E
F# G# F# G# F# G# F# G#


Chorus 3:

A C#       G
I see 'em wet and cry

B      F# G# D# E   B
Making 'em smiiiiiiile smile dry

A  C#       G
Cry Dixie hang 'em high

B        F# G# D# E
Brand 'em in the eye!

B    A  C#       G
Yeah! Oh my! See 'em wet and cry

B      F# G# D# E  B
Making 'em smiiiiiiile dry! Yeah!

A  C#       G
Cry Dixie hang 'em high

B        F#
Brand 'em in the eye
G#

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