"Keep the Wolves Away"
Uncle Lucius

LOVE THIS SONG! BUT COULDN'T FIND IT SO I THOUGHT I WOULD TRY A SUBMISSION.

Capo 2nd

INTRO: 	 Bm  D  A  G


Bm
Took my first breath where the muddy Brazos

D
spills into the gulf of Mexico

          A
where the skylines colored my chemical plants

         G
that put bread on the table of a workin man

         Bm
well the workin man does his best to provide

D
safety and shelter for kids and a wife

A
given a little of his soul everyday

      G (strum once and let ring)
makin overtime to keep the wolves away


*after "away" he plays

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Bm  D  A  G (instrumental chorus with whistling)

Well I was barely thirteen when the company man
Tried to dig my daddy's grave
It happened on a French owned tanker ship
Spillin' poison into Galveston Bay
Well the liquid fire filled his lungs and his eyes
Silenced, any mortal cries
Caught in the grip of death's stingin pain
but he fought like hell to keep the wolves away.

*insrtumental chorus same as before

For the next few years dad was sick as a dog
but he made a recovery just to spite the odds.
Settlement came and we moved out of town
where the sky isn't heavy with refinery clouds.
Yeah he's still alive he's doing good he's in his fifties
but the money's runnin out and he's pinchin for pennies
so I'm going for broke with every song I play,
cause now it's my turn to keep the wolves away.