The Airborne Toxic Event - It doesnt mean a thing

^CI never knew my mother ^FI can't say it was so bad ^{G C}She was still a girl of seventeen ^FThe night she met my dad ^{G C}He was just six months out of Chino ^AmTryin' his hardest to stay clean ^{G C}When they'd sing ^Cmaj9and they'd sing ^Amand they'd^G sing ^{F C}Like doves ^Cmaj9sleepin' wi^Amth br^Goken wings ^{F C}In a bed ^Cmaj9fit for^Am a kin^Fg ^FIt didn't mean a thing

^CIt was a shotgun-forced wedding ^FAnd they forgot to bring the guns ^{G C}They were busy countin' promises ^FTo the children not yet born ^{G C}No one could afford the ride ^AmEveryone hitched up the one oh one ^{G C}And they'd si^Cmaj9ng and they'd s^Aming and^G they'd sing ^{F C}Like ^Cmaj9doves dancin^Am' with brok^Gen wings ^{F C}Wit^Cmaj9h a view^Am fit^G for^F a king ^FIt didn't mean a thing

^CIt was a lonliness they would confess ^FLike the world had gone bad, I guess ^CSo they hold hands lookin' to the eyes of God ^FThey say, "Tell me, why'd you hide from us? ^CWhy'd you fill the world with wickedness? ^FWhy'd you spare us from your grace but not the rod?^G" ^CNow my dad says, "Fuck the teachers, ^FJust keep your head down hide. ^{G C}Gotta find yourself alone ^Fbefore you'll find the eyes of God"^G; ^CYou may be broke and scared ^AmAnd mad and tear at the flesh of your own heart's^G strings ^CBut you were bor^Cmaj9n to be a^Am peasant n^Got a king ^{F C}So ju^Cmaj9st stop actin' l^Amike you're ^Grunnin' form something^{F C}You're^Cmaj9 gonna leave the way y^Amou came without^G a thing ^{F C}With y^Cmaj9ou're heart ti^Amed to your mi^Gnd tied to a string^{F C}You ju^Cmaj9st sing and you ^Amsing and yo^Gu sing ^F It doesn't mean a thing ^C