Chords with lyrics
Intro:
G+G B minorBm C majorC E minorEm x2
Verse:
G+G B minorBm
All the peacock people left the plumes in a pile
C majorC E minorEm
They look good to a fault
G+G B minorBm
And the Gulf water's warm like a bathtub
C majorC D MajorD
Full of lavender and epsom salt
G+G B minorBm
See a bleach blond boy put his long board down
C majorC E minorEm
Help his girl get her sunscreen on
G+G B minorBm
I thought about you in your little house
C majorC D MajorD
Think you're lonely but I could be wrong and...
Pre Chorus:
C majorC D MajorD
I wanna be your bootlegger
C majorC D MajorD
Wanna mix you up something strange
C majorC D MajorD
Braid your hair like a sister
C majorC D MajorD
Maim you like a hurricane
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD C majorC E minorEm
Right there, that's the postman sleeping in the sand
G+G D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
He's got a letter to deliver, but I can't stay mad, oh
G+G D MajorD C majorC E minorEm
Right there, that's the postman asleep in the sand
G+G D MajorD
He's got a get-well-card to deliver
C majorC A minorAm C majorC G+G
He's gonna do it by hand, he's gonna do it by hand
Interlude:
G+G B minorBm C majorC E minorEm x2
Verse:
G+G B minorBm
Now they drive the cars up and down the beach
C majorC E minorEm
It's ridiculous and everybody knows
G+G B minorBm
Hear the Mustangs rev at the four way stop
C majorC D MajorD
You get ghosted when the light says go
G+G B minorBm
But in a town like this, in the checkered flag dawn
C majorC E minorEm
It's so empty you could make somebody dream
G+G B minorBm
So maybe it's you, in your four-post bed
C majorC D MajorD
Fell asleep with still the blood in your teeth and...
Pre Chorus:
C majorC D MajorD
I wanna be your happiness
C majorC D MajorD
I wanna be your common sense pain
C majorC D MajorD
Wrap your head in a picket fence
C majorC D MajorD
Rebuild after the hurricane
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD C majorC E minorEm
Right there, that's the postman sleeping in the sand
G+G D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
He's got my letters to deliver, but I'm still not mad
G+G D MajorD C majorC E minorEm
Right there, that's the postman asleep in the sand
G+G D MajorD
He's got a get-well-card to deliver
C majorC A minorAm
He's gonna do it by hand,
C majorC D MajorD
He's gonna do it, he's gonna do it
B minorBm C majorC
He's gonna do it, he's gonna do it
A minorAm D MajorD G+G
He's gonna do it, he's gonna do it... by hand
Coda:
G+G B minorBm C majorC E minorEm
G+G B minorBm C majorC D MajorD
Ohhh
G+G D MajorD C majorC E minorEm
Right there, that's the postman sleeping in the sand
G+G D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
He's got my letters to deliver, but I can't stay mad, oh
G+G D MajorD C majorC E minorEm
Right there, that's the postman asleep in the sand
G+G D MajorD
He's got a head stack now to deliver
C majorC A minorAm
He's wants to do it by hand
C majorC D MajorD
He's gonna do it, he's gonna do it
B minorBm C majorC
He's gonna do it, he's gonna do it
A minorAm
He's gonna do it, he's gonna do it
Am7Am7 C majorC G+G