Your Father Fills Coffins

YOUR FATHER FILLS COFFINS

Maddie McGuire

(c) 2011 GirlMoon Music

Your father fills coffins,

That's why he is not here.

He does it for you,

So you may live without fear.

Your father fills coffins,

More or less in the way,

Of cowboys and coppers,

In these modern days.

{chorus}

Everything in life,

Must come with a price;

Others have it nice,

While some sacrifice.

This is a life,

And it comes at a price.

Your father fills coffins,

From way up in the air,

With bombs and with bullets,

Like he just doesn't care.

Doesn't have to see the faces,

Doesn't have to hear their cries.

Your father fills coffins,

With rockets from the skies.

{repeat chorus}

Your father fills coffins,

And that's the way it is,

Then he goes out drinking,

So he can deal with all this.

Gets up every day to save the world

From going up in a flame.

Your father fills coffins,

With those who do the same.

{repeat chorus}

Your father fills coffins,

For better or worse,

That's why he is not here,

He knows that it hurts.

Your father fills coffins,

Nearly every single day,

Your father fills coffins,

You might do the same...

Hattiesburg Hop

HATTIESBURG HOP
Maddie McGuire
(c) 2006 GirlMoon Music

I ain't gonna make a fortune,
'Cause singing' all these tunes,
And playin' all these songs,
Is taking way too long,
to get my ends to meet.

I'm not livin' for the money,
It wasn't meant for me.
I just need the groove,
To make me move,
And tap my feet.

{chorus}
It's the Hattiesburg Hop.
The Hattiesburg Hop.
It's the Hattiesburg Hop.
The Hattiesburg Hop.
Don't let it stop.

I don't expect to live forever,
I don't want to regret ever,
So I've got my guitar,
And I've got my car,
Though they're broken into this.

I don't think ill find fame,
But you might remember my name,
I know I ain't the best,
I sure as hell ain't the rest,
And I know I'll never quit.

{repeat chorus}

Hardscrabble Peak

HARDSCRABBLE PEAK
Maddie McGuire
(c) 2007 GirlMoon Music

(F)(C)(F)(E)
Baby don't pretend to understand,
How I get when life gets bland,
I get bored as do my hands,
Sometimes I need to climb,
The untamed mountain,
For some peace to find.

{chorus}
(F)(C)(E)
Sometimes I need the wild horses,
Sometimes I need the wild river,
Sometimes I need the wild horses,
That shan't be tamed, ever.

Baby, I'm goin' off alone,
Not runnin' away from home,
Just turnin' off my phone,
At the summit to seek,
The story off my life,
Atop Hardscrabble Peak

{repeat chorus}

This ain't the place for me,
Same old ain't no way to be,
I'm goin' off to be a little free,
Something to see new today,
Just to make my own way.

{repeat chorus

Hamlet and Vinegar Tom

HAMLET AND VINEGAR TOM
Maddie McGuire
(c) 2002 GirlMoon Music

(A)
Sometimes you called me a student,
(E)
Sometimes you called me a friend,
(A)
But it seems as though this time is spent,
(E)
'Cause the year always comes to an end.
(A)
Ya' know I called you a teacher,
(E)
While you called me a friend.
(A)
A memoir of our times together,
(E)
Made with only my hands.

(A)(E)
It's set in stone, but built of wood;
(A)(E)
The shows we've done - some were good.
(A)
All the work until it's done,
(E)
But the show must go on,
(A)(E)
The show must go on.

(Am)(C)
What did you say when we missed today?
(Em)(C)
If there were a way to Galway Bay,
(Am)
Would you have sailed to help my hands?
(Am)(C)
There are things I know, I can't let you go.
(Em)(C)
All of Greenwood knows what mine eyes have shown;
(Am)
The heart of a broken woman.

So free mine eyes or free my life.
Did you hear my cries back at my side?
Like, the last time my town was bombed,
I'm the good girl who's hard to find,
What I learned this time, these are friends of mine,
Good Hamlet and Vinegar Tom.

{chorus}
(Am)
I'm my drunken rage
(C)
I drove home safe.
(Em)
Sorry to scare you so.
(Am)
But, you don't know,
(C)
All that I know,
(Em)
Sorry to scare you so.

And when I'm sloshed it turns you off,
So ignore the watch and write it off,
When you read it you'll melt inside.
My heart changes beats like i change my sheets,
Not once a week like the tone of my cheek,
Not as often as I should or might.

I can be mean though my heart is green;
A truth somewhere 'tween in all the heat,
I should have said this a long time ago.
Look into my soul, do I feel this old?
But, as I told never before felt so cold,
I'm sorry I could not let you know.

{repeat chorus twice}

Note: Fast-paced and a bit rocky. Capo on the 2nd fret.

Hair of the Dog

HAIR OF THE DOG
Maddie McGuire
(c) 2008 GirlMoon Music

(G)(D)
Did I really do what I think I did?
(A)(D)
Might need a year just to clear my head
(G)(D)
Did I really drink as much as I think I did?
(A)(C)
I'm not sure, but I know this ain't my bed.

Did I really do what I think I did?
Did I spread my legs and let him in?
Did I really do what I think I did?
Musta been th' alcohol thinkin'.

I think I might need another cigarette,
Or have a beer for breakfast instead.
Bite the hair of the dog so I can think.
Next time I'm buyin' my own damn drinks.

Now, I'm really not this easy.
No one's ever gone this fast with me.
That beer was a little more than fizzy,
And he's two hundred pounds too heavy.

I don't want to be mean or anything,
But how did this guy ever get me?
I better run 'fore he gets out of bed.
Shit! My keys, they're in his hand.

Did I really do what I think I did?
Might need a year just to clear my head.
Did I really drink as much as I think I did?
I'm not sure, but I know this ain't my bed.

Note: This never actually happened. It is a joke song, and thus should be played with an air of whimsy.

Greenville

GREENVILLE
Maddie McGuire
(c) 2005 GirlMoon Music

(Fadd9)
Sing about me in that song,
(Cadd9)(G)
The one I haven't heard in so long,
(Fadd9)
You hid it away in your heart
(Cadd9)
So I cannot take it apart
(G)
Go back to your piano
(Fadd9)(Cadd9)
So your voice will let me know.

(Fadd9)
Play out the song in your head
(Cadd9)(G)
With your pale hesitant hands

(Fadd9)
Let me know what you think of me
(Cadd9)
And what happens when I leave
(Fadd9)
Do you want me to return still
(G)
Or stay away from Greenville

Look at me and smile
Staring past me all the while
I still long for that tender touch
But I fear that'd be too much
My heart stopped beating fast
I'd put you in the past

But, I'm still holding on
So tell me what is going on

Let me know what you think of me
And what happens when I leave
Do you want me to return still
Or stay away from Greenville

Great White Horse

GREAT WHITE HORSE
Maddie McGuire
(c) 1999 GirlMoon Music

(D)
My love he dreams in presence,
(C)
Always stuck in the present tense,
(G)
So tie the jib and main sail
(D)
When it gets too rough he can't bail
(C)
The storm is always worse in water
(G)
When I wish that he would call me clever

When everyone shares a name
And everyone wins the same game
The chipmunk sand a blue, "So long"
And now the cat has got your tongue
Look at all the things love is starving
Don't you wish you were here living

My feet have betrayed myself
Take monkey from back, place on shelf
Remember the last time that it snowed
When he warmed the red right off my nose
And the world appeared to be so small
Stuck inside away from my anthem call

Saddle up when he finds the shore
Rides in now on his great white horse
Hail Mary, be with us sinners
My love can't see me fading
Ignoring me while he's singing.