Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 22:28:54 EDT From: ChefBeave <ChefBeave@aol.com> Subject: b/barenaked_ladies/straw_hat_and_dirty_old_hank.crd "Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank" by the Barenaked Ladies from the album Born on a Pirate Ship transcribed by Steven L. Nelly Capo on 3rd fret All chords relative to capo Intro: Em G Em G Em G Em G

^EmI tend ^Gthe wheat field^Em that makes your bread ^G ^EmI bind the sw^Geet veal, pluck the hens that ^Dmake your bed. ^EmMother Natu^Gre & ^EmMother Earth ^G ^EmAre two of three^G women ^Dwho dictate what I'm worth.

Chorus:

^EmI'm t^Ghe ^Dfarmer, I w^Cork in the fields all day ^EmDon't mean to ^Galarm^D her, but I k^Cnow it was meant to be this way.

Em G Em G You cried a tear, I wiped it dry. I put you up upon a pedestal so high. If you should waver, if you should sway, I'll catch you, spread my tiny wings and fly away

^EmYou signed your pictur^Ge with an O and X^Em ^C ^EmI bet you don't w^Grite &q^Duot;love" each time you sign your checks.

REPEAT CHORUS

^CAll of ^Dthis corn I grow,^G I ^G/F#grow it all fo^Emr you ^CI took a hatchet to the radio, I ^Ddid it^G al^G/F#l for you ^Em ^CBut you coul^Dd have written back and you could have said &quo^CM7t;thank you". ^CI gue^Dss you got^C better things, I guess^D you got better things ^CI guess^D you got ^Embetter things , better things to do ^GBetter th^Emings t^Go do, ^Em bett^Ger thin^Dgs to do, better things to do, oh.

You say you love me, is that the truth? Although they've heard the songs, my friends need living proof. I know your address, I ring the bell, I bring you flowers and a .22 with shells. REPEAT CHORUS Outtro: Em G Em G Em G Em G Em

Barenaked Ladies - Straw hat and dirty old hank