Keep Off The Grass chords by Todd Snider

Keep off the Grass  by Todd Snider

Intro:
|G |D |C D |G |

Verse 1:
G                          D
It keeps on getting harder to keep on keeping on
     C                   D            G
with everybody screaming orders in my ear.
                              D
I want to be my own man.  I'd love to walk it alone.
         C                      D             G
But everytime I leave my home, this is what I hear.

Chorus:
          C
Keep your nose clean, head above water.
          G
keep your feet on the ground. keep your hands off my daughter.
          D
Keep your back to the wind.  Keep your thoughts to yourself.
   C
An eye on the clock.  Keep an eye on your health.
  D
I wish they'd let me just keep to myself.
                G
I do fine on my own.

Verse 2:
G                                   D
They say to keep up with the times, keep up with the Jones.
C                D            G
Keep up with the rest of your class.
                               D
So I keep an open mind in this close minded world.
         C                           G
Keeps on telling me to keep off this grass

Chorus:
(lead break : verse chords)
C G C D C D G

Outro:
     G                         D
So I keep an open mind.  Its a close minded world.
       C             D            G C G C G
Always telling me to keep of this grass.