The Handsome Family - The Dutch Boy Chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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My heart it goes out to that 
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poor little Dutch boy 
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who stopped a great flood 
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with the tip of his thumb
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Through parades and medals 
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he felt no joy 
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and took to his bed 
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with a bottle of rum

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[Verse 2]
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The queen she arrived 
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in her motorcade 
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to give the good Dutch boy
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a commemorative pen
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But he watched as the milkmaids 
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all withered and grayed 
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and he knew that the waters 
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must rise again

[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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Because the world is made up 
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of milk and scissors
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milk and scissors 
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in a spiraling chain
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Milk and scissors 
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like a cheap squirting flower
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milk and scissors 
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like worms when it rains

[Outro]
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