Straw And Dirt - Better Off Dad
Tuning: , E A D G B E
BETTER OFF DAD - Straw and Dirt
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Key of D
Text in () is male harmony
Strumming pattern for the intro, verses, solo and outro
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Strumming pattern on the chorus is the well known, Down Down Up Up Down Up
[INTRO]
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[VERSE]
I'm gonna buil
d this love ou
t of straw and
dirt
so when it com
es down it won
't hurt
and i won't ca
re if it shoul
d fall
i didn't put m
uch work into
at all
(I didn't put
much work into
it at all)
[VERSE]
(I'm going to
build this lov
e out of stick
s)
It's easy to b
reak but it's
easy to fix
(It's easy to
find no substa
nce at all)
It'll only hur
t a bit when i
t falls
yeah, (it'll o
nly hurt a bit
when it falls
)
[CHORUS]
and the (wind
will blow)
(it's nothing
I don't know,
you)
(reap what you
sow and what
you don’t)
you (get what
you give,)
(your love run
ning through a
sieve)
(and I)
(won't build a
nother love th
at you won't)
[GUITAR SOLO]
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B|--7h8-8-10-1
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[VERSE]
(I'm build thi
s love out of
bricks)
it's gonna be
stronger than
straw or stick
s
(it's gonna st
and the test o
f time and win
d)
never have to
build it again
no, (we'll nev
er have to bui
ld it again)
[CHORUS]
and the (wind
will blow)
(it's nothing
I don't know,
you)
(reap what you
sow and what
you don't)
you (get what
you give,)
(your love run
ning through a
sieve)
(and I)
(won't build a
nother love th
at you won't)
[CHORUS]
cause the (win
d will blow)
(it's nothing
we don't know,
you)
(reap what you
sow and what
you don’t)
you (get what
you give,)
(your love run
ning through a
sieve)
(and I)
(won't build a
nother love th
at you won't)
(ooooh I)
(won't build a
nother love th
at you won't)
[OUTRO]
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