Things They Do

CAPO: 4th Fret Intro: C Am G C F G C Two little girls, hand in hand F Am Am-G Wait in the winter rain C F G C They said their good-byes and they opened their eyes F Am Am-G And they stared down a westbound train C F G C I read in my paper they were feeling so bad F Am Am-G About this and the other thing C F G C But all I could think of were the parents back home F Am Am-G C Waiting on the phone to ring G C Am Am-G-C Why do they do the things they do? G C Am Am-G Why do they do the things they do? C F G C Billy said, "Take them, I won't need them anymore" F Am Am-G And we laughed at what we thought was a joke C F G C He went down Monday morning to the hardware store F Am Am-G And they found him at the end of his rope C F G C For a long while after I was walking around F Am Am-G With a terrible case of the blues C F G C I couldn't hear laughter, I could just hear the sound F Am Am-G C Of my feet in that dead man's shoes G C Am Am-G-C Why do they do the things they do? G C Am Am-G-C Why do they do the things they do? Instrumental: G C F C F C G C F C G C F G C They leave in the morning, leaving no warning F Am Am-G Sometimes they spell it all out C F G C They leave in the evening, no one believing F Am Am-G That this could have come about C F G C They dwell on the sadness, anticipating F Am Am-G The dream of a dreamless night C F G C They live with the darkness, and for all their waiting F Am Am-G C They never see the morning light G C Am Am-G-C Why do they do the things they do? G C Am Am-G-C Why do they do the things they do? G C Am Am-G-C Why do they do the things they do? G C Am Am-G-C Why do they do the things they do? G C Am Why do they do the things they do?