( This is the riff played in the background durring the verses.)E----------------------|----------------------| B-3-1-0-----0-1-0-1-0--|-3-1-0-------1-0------| G-------2-0------------|-------2-0-2-----2-0--| D----------------------|----------------------| A----------------------|----------------------| E----------------------|----------------------|Verse 1:D G Em A B G Em ASome day mother will die and I'll get the moneyD G Em A B G Em AMom leans down and says, "My sentiments exactlyBb G Ayou son of a b**ch" I palindrome IChorus:B G Em A(I palindrome I) I palindrome I(I palindrome I)Bm D G D Em G AAnd I am a snake head eating the head on the opposite side(snake head) (snake head)G DI palindrome I (man o man)Verse 2:See that bulletproof dress hanging from the clotheslinesee the medical chart with the random zig-zagNow I'll help it decide I palindrome I(Chorus)Bridge ( The bass is weird here. Maybe the flatted third? ):G A B A(bass C#) D Em D(F#) G"Son I am able," she said, "though you scare me." "Watch," said I,A B A(C#) Bm(D) Em D G A"Beloved," I said, "watch me scare you though" Said she: "Able am I, son..."Verse 3:See the spring of the grandfather clock unwinding(egad, a base tone denotes a bad age)see the hands of my offspring making windmills(egad, a base tone denotes a bad age)Dad palindrome dad. I palindrome I(Chorus)
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