Intro: Am
verse 1
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My heart it goes out to that
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poor little Dutch boy
F C
who stopped a great flood
Dm E
with the tip of his thumb
Am C
Through parades and medals
F C
he felt no joy
F C
and took to his bed
E Am
with a bottle of rum
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verse 2
Am C
The queen she arrived
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in her motorcade
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to give the good Dutch boy
Dm E
a commemorative pen
Am C
But he watched as the milkmaids
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all withered and grayed
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and he knew that the waters
E Am
must rise again
Interlude
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verse 3
Am C
Because the world is made up
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of milk and scissors
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milk and scissors
Dm E
in a spiraling chain
Am C
Milk and scissors
F C
like a cheap squirting flower
F C
milk and scissors
E Am
like worms when it rains
Outro
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