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Intro - F
C
The city children, they know how to breed
They've touched some love, but they believe in need
F C
I said to myself, I said, 'I... I jerk those tears I don't cry.'
C
The downtown bigots, they want to be friends
I filled their cup up until they said when
F C
I said to myself, I said, 'I... I jerk those tears I don't cry.'
G F
I feel a fever, a generation
C Em
I am just human, Iā??m information
F G
It's true, it's true
C
You gonna die, die, die, and do that tear jerk
And cry, cry, cry, and do that tear jerk
F C
Why? Why? Why? And do that tear jerk, too
F G C
I do that tear jerk, I do that tear jerk for you
C
The progress mongers, the southpaws of smoke
Full-formed veneers for us average folks
F C
I said to myself, I said, 'I... I jerk those tears I donā??t cry.'
C
And after us, the engines will search
For fashion youth, the signs and wonders in shirts
F C
I said to myself I said, 'I... I jerk those tears I don't cry.'
G F
I feel a fever, a generation
C Em
I am just human, Iā??m information
F G
It's true, it's true
C
You gonna die, die, die, and do that tear jerk
And cry, cry, cry, and do that tear jerk
F C
And I, I, I, I do that tear jerk, its true
C
You gonna die, die, die, and do that tear jerk
And cry, cry, cry, and do that tear jerk
F C
Why? Why? Why? And do that tear jerk, too
F G C
I do that tear jerk, I do that tear jerk for you
(This part is mostly drums, so I like to just do one stab at the beginning of each line
and maybe do a light tapping on the guitar so that it's not completely a capella. I'll
provide the chords I do the stabs of.)
C
I stole these rhythms from the man who had them, and uh
F
He wiped his chin down with Uncle Tom's napkin, and uh
C
He said you choose this day whom you will serve, and uh
F
Take bits of grace, not just the things you will deserve, and uh
Am
'Well, Jesus Christ,' I said 'you're changing your mind.', and uh
C
You're turning water back from that wine
F (resume playing normally)
It's the day the Lord has made and the year of rabbits, too
G
I got my calendar mind and it's set on you
C
I'm gonna die, die, die, and do that tear jerk
Why? Why? Why? And do that tear jerk
F C
And I, I, I, I do that tear jerk, its true
C
You gonna die, die, die, and do that tear jerk
Why? Why? Why? And do that tear jerk
F C
And I, I, I, and do that tear jerk, it's true
F G C
I do that tear jerk, I do that tear jerk for you
F G C (let ring)
I do that tear jerk, I do that tear jerk for you
Written by Billy Gordon/Mark Neill/J. Roddy Walston/Matt Wignall