Ike Reilly
Broken Parakeet Blues Ukulele Chords
Broken Parakeet Blues : Intro - C F F C F
C
East of the village and west of the trees
F
Up on the high ground where the soldiers would stand
C
Cooling themselves in the sulfurous breeze
F F
It seemed like something to lose
C
The houses were filled with flattering hosts
F
In tight shirts and compliments for soldiers and ghosts
C
Up on the high ground blowing their loads
C F
For the cowgirls left back home
C
How can you say there’s nothing to lose
F
Singing your broken parakeet blues
F
On the side of the highway lighting the fuse
C F
Black like the crows from the cattlecar fumes
C
Yeah, up on the highway near 29 Palms
F
I saw busloads of soldiers rolling along
F
And people like crows on the side of the road
C F
Waving goodbye to lovers and sons
C
The soldiers were boys, there were brown ones and fat ones
F
White ones and cool ones and camouflaged black ones
F
Sweet ones and cruel ones but I didn’t see
C F
Anybody I thought had money like me
C
Some were sleeping, some dreaming, some quietly weeping
F
Out of 29 Palms the buses kept creeping
F
Right through the desert and out to the shore
C F
29 Palms won’t see ’em no more
C
How can you say there’s nothing to lose
F
Singing your broken parakeet blues
F
On the side of the highway lighting the fuse
C F
Black like the crows from the cattlecar fumes
C
How can you just wave farewell to them
F
Knowing what you know and where you have been
F
On the side of the highway lighting the fuse
C F
Singing your broken parakeet blues
C F C
How can you say there’s nothing to lose
C F F C F
C
East of the village and west of the trees
F
Up on the high ground where the soldiers would stand
C
Cooling themselves in the sulfurous breeze
F F
We all crowed those parakeet blues
