Redd Alexander - The Tinkerer Chords

[Intro]
C B/C Am Am
C B/C Am Am
 
[Verse 1]
C          B/C            Am
Billy as a kid got picked on
    C          B/C      Am
his legs were just too long
      C            B/C         Am
he'd run with the kids in the fields all day
    C          B/C        Am
but they never got along
 
C            B/C          Am
one day the kids went runnin'
      C          B/C        Am
they got stuck in a bog
     C          B/C             Am
well thats where their stories ended
      C          B/C       Am
except Billy's, his goes on
 
[Chorus]
C           B/C            Am
Now all the kids look like Billy
      C          B/C          Am
Their long legs runnin' every day
    C          B/C                     Am
The kids have no fear of runnin' through fields
         C       B/C          Am
and the tinkerer tinks life away
 
[Break]
C  B/C  Am  Am
C  B/C  Am  Am
 
[Verse 2]
     C          B/C         Am
Well Billy had a son named Bobby
    C        B/C            Am
As natural a swimmer could come
     C              B/C            Am
The other kids out runnin' in the fields all day
      C          B/C            Am
While Bobby swam laps around the sun
 
     C            B/C            Am
The rains brought floods to the rivers
             C          B/C      Am
and they're faster than you can run
    C             B/C            Am
the currents that day swept them away
       C      B/C          Am
while Bobby was just having fun
 
[Chorus]
C           B/C            Am
Now all the kids swim like Bobby
      C          B/C          Am
Their long legs swimmin' every day
    C          B/C                     Am
The kids have no fear when the rains appear
         C       B/C          Am
and the tinkerer tinks life away
 
 
[Break]
C  B/C  Am  Am
C  B/C  Am  Am
 
[Verse 3]
    C            B/C            Am
Now Bobby's new neighbors have rifles
        C          B/C         Am
and they like the look of his hair
     C               B/C          Am
His long legs can't outrun their bullets
            C          B/C      Am
and only a flood would make it fair
 
        C          B/C        Am
so they grow up in chains and fences
    C       B/C            Am
to let them know that they care
      C          B/C        Am
their purpose is turned to production
     C          B/C        Am
and fetching a price thats fair
 
[Chorus]
        C              B/C          Am
Now the neighbors are dressed up in Bobby
      C          B/C      Am
While Billy turns in his grave
    C        B/C            Am
The Tinkerer puts down his toolbox
   C          B/C          Am
In awe at the madness he's made
 
[Outro]
    C        B/C            Am
The Tinkerer puts down his toolbox
   C          B/C          Am
In awe at the madness he's made