Mr. And Mrs.

Mr & Mrs.
(The Incredible String Band)
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He’s wearing the breaches that father bequeath’d him
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Grandfather’s jacket still stained from the war
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Schoolmaster’s hat and mother’s familiar
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And thousands of souvenirs kept from before
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Still wearing the bruises of coppers and robbers
C6 Gm
Ring of the bishop on loving his pomp
Bm7 D
Once-bitten apples of jealous dispassion
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Twice-eaten hopes with the crust and the crumb
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She carries a gramophone and plays the same records
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Fa-mi-ly choir claim truth equals pain
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Compulsively buying the devil’s selection
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Of sure good for nothing again and again
Bm7 D
Children come follow in grandfather’s footsteps
C6 Gm
Laced on her fears and her man-o-war stare
Bm7 D
Mapping a course with the hard-learned lesson
C6 Gm riff
Magistrate’s customer and the pre-fect
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Mr. and Mrs. I know it’s sore with the daily pitchfork and the marshall law
Dm A G
Oh, chatting young lovers sweetness heart
Dm A G
Working together to make this world
Dm A G
Out of the pain the sweet gone sour
A G D A
I’m going to the beautiful country don’t you want to come
Bm A G
A Cheque for the break in my telephone line
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And people are buzzing me most of the time
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I’m dialing your line I wait for my reply
G F C
I’m here,
I’m here,
Now I’m on my way
Now I’m on my way
Oh, Mr. and Mrs.
Oh, Mr. and Mrs.
Well, I just can’t stay
So many haters in this town
So many haters
Everyone’s trying to put you down
Mr. and Mrs.
Oh, Mr. and Mrs.
You’re in this mess
I understand you’re in such a mess
Oh, Mr. and Mrs.
Palm the tears in your eyes
Talking about tears in your eyes
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You know, I won’t leave till you come through
Doo-we-oo-we-ooh
Doo-we-oo-we-ooh etc…