Tonart: A minor
Verse 1
Am
It's a small town life and I like it
Dm
'Cause the bad don't get
Am
in your way
There's an angry God gonna strike it
F
Yeah, that's what we pay him for,
Am
Well I guess the angry
God he was a-fishing
Dm
When When Molly called me
Within the space of a week
F
Yeah, a pervert or a sex freak
C
Let the kids take a peek
G
That's more than a little cheek
Am
G
C
No pun intended
Verse 2
F
Going east of Mississippi got
C
Am
a flinty kind of woman
And you don't act smart and you
Dm
don't touch my children
to see the sun go down
Am
Verse 3
Well there was no time
fooling with the trifles
They would just go running
for their rifles
F
Dm
And then once you got
G
him couldn't get him again
Am
So Peg got a bolt of fishing tackle
Dm
Am
And Marge got her gardening clips
And Sally LaBiche put her
C
And the timer on the quiche, she's
G
C
Verse 4
F
Dm
Going east of Mississippi got
C
Am
a flinty kind of woman
And you don't act fresh and you
Dm
don't touch my children
G
If the young man wants to see the sun go
Am
down
Interlude 1
Am
G
Dsus4
G
Dsus4
G
Am
Verse 5
Am
It was the kids who spotted
him a running
Dm
As we drove through the
And that's when we got our
engines gunning
F
'Cause we knew he was headed
Am
We got our hip-high rubber
rubber boots strapped on
Dm
Am
And Molly got the big flashlights out
And by the "Welcome
to New England" sign
F
Got him with the fishing line
C
In the dark smell of brine
G
Betty said "This one is mine."
Am
G
C
She is ruthless
Verse 6
F
Going east of Mississippi got a
C
Am
flinty kind of wo man
And you just say no and you
Dm
don't touch my children
Am
to see the sun go down
Verse 7
Am
Well we didn't have to
drag him and a-jail him
him
Dm
'Cause you don't have
When your roots go back to Old Salem
Am
Now I don't go tooting
on my lobsters
Dm
'Cause your pride doesn't
But it's a victory won and it
C
By the hippy-dippy flaky-shaky
fun-in-the-sun
G
Bra Bra Bra Bra Bra Bra
G
Verse 8
C
F
Going east of Mississippi got a
C
Am
flinty kind of woman
And you know your place and you
Dm
don't touch my children
Am
to see the sun go down
Am
to see the sun go down
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