The Drifting Housewife chords by The Drones

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

F#F#
I was more worried about taxes
     BB
When my lovely red-eyed bride
     F#F#
Became a hair-splitting believer
     BB
That I should be vilified

    BbmBbm
She'd see the rudder fail me
     BB
Move to Egypt, or to Spain
   C#C#
The hammer fell, my fate's altered
   BB
Like sparks thrown from a flame
       E MajorE
You know the Law
     BB
Know the Law

  F#F#
My hopes were razed like three day growth
   BB
Then raked by nervous ticks
      F#F#
Was I the bullseye or the launchpad?
     BB
I could never find the switch

   BbmBbm
Her eye received heaven from earth
     BB
Like an atoll petrified
 C#C#
Except where Saturn's life-belt
      BB
Shields a half-life from your eyes
       E MajorE
You know the Law
     BB
Know the Law

   C#C#
So don't go getting married
     BB
You can only change her name
       E MajorE
You know the Law
     BB
Know the Law

     F#F#
I'm out here on lighthouse duty
      BB
Where the foghorns groan through space
   F#F#
Echo into red ant country
      BB
Through the doldrums and the wastes

   BbmBbm
I'd right the wrongs if I could
      BB
But some things can't be exchanged
  C#C#
So don't go getting married
     BB
You can only change her name
 C#C#
Don't go getting married
     BB
You can only change her name
       E MajorE
You know the Law
     BB
Know the Law