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Key: A
Intro:
C#m D x3
E D
Verse 1:
E D
I'll repeat what I say
E D
But I'll never explain
C#m D
So you don't have to waste your time
C#m D
You don't have to waste your time
C#m D
Hiking up a hundred hills
E D
You don't have to, but I will
Chorus:
E D
Will it wash your hair clean
E D
When your husbands all die?
C#m D
Will you know what I mean?
C#m D
Will you know what I mean?
A D
E D
Verse 2:
C#m D
Yeah, there's a horse on my back
A D
And I may be stomped flat
E D
But my loneliness is gone
E D
All my loneliness is gone
E D
There's a horse on my back
C#m D
Gives me all that I need
Chorus:
E D
Will it wash your hair clean
E D
When your husbands all die?
C#m D
Will you know what I mean?
C#m D
Will you know what I mean?
E A
E D
Outro:
A D A D
And if my loneliness should stay
A D
Well, some are holiest that way
E D
Falling apart, falling apart
E D
Falling apart, falling apart
E D
Will it wash your hair clean
E D
When your husbands all die?
C#m A D
Will you know what I mean?
E D
Will you know what I mean?
C#m A D
Will you know what I mean?
E D
Will you know what I mean?
C#m A D
Do you know what I mean?
Outro:
A D
A D
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Published: October 30, 2025
Last Updated: October 30, 2025