Barbwire Fence
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Transcribed by Bruce Stephenson <[email protected]>

Barbwire Fence
Brian Setzer
from the album “The Knife Feels Like Justice”

Intro riff:

E--------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------2---4-2-------------
A-0-0-3(b)-3(b)-0(h)2(p)0-------0(h)2(p)0-2-0-/4---4-----4-2---------
E-------------------------0(h)2------------------------------0(h)2---

-----------|----------------------------------------------------------
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-----------|----------------------------------------------------------
-----------|---------------------------------------------2---4-2------
-0(h)2(p)0-|-2-0-3(b)-3(b)-2(p)0-0-0------0-0-0-0-2-0-/4---4-----4-2--
-----------|-------------------------3(b)-----------------------------

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-----------------|	repeat
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-------0(h)2(p)0-|
-0(h)2-----------|

|--------------------------------------0---2(p)0---------------------
|-/5-5-------------------------------2---2-------2-0-----------------
|-/6-6-2(h)4(p)2-------2(h)4(p)2-4-2-----------------------2(h)4(p)2-
|----------------2(h)4-------------------------------2(h)4-----------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------

|--------------------------------5----------------------------------|
|-/5-5-----------------------------7-5------------------------------|
|-/6-6-2(h)4(p)2-------2(h)4(p)2-------6-4-------4------------------|
|----------------2(h)4---------------------7-4-----7-4--------------|
|----------------------------------------------7-------7-4-7-4-2-0--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1: (A - G - D chord pattern)
The took the coal from the mountains, ripped the fruit from the soil,
Pulled the fish from the sea, drained the Earth of its oil,
Took the “Christ” out of Christmas, pulled the sun from the sky,
Their daddies told them to never ask why.

Chorus:

(E)The barbwire fence is gettin’ (D)higher and (A)higher

(E)We’re gettin’ ready to fight (D)fire with (A)fire

(E)It’s gettin’ so there ain’t a (D)kind word (A)said

But we (B)gotta keep movin’ on, pushin’ on (E)ahead

intro riff

Verse 2:
They led a blind man to a cliff, gave a crippled man a kick,
Took a poor man to the cleaners and a rich man has his pick,
Gave a three piece man a job, took an old man to a whore,
Sent a young boy to a place he ain’t never been before.

chorus		intro riff	guitar solo ( A - G - D)	banjo solo (A - G)

Verse 3:
Well if they force me to reason, if they ask me to doubt,
I’ll fuss then baby and fight ‘em baby, ow!
East wind is blowin’ and a full moon is high,
There’s just no pupose, there’s no reason why.

chorus		intro riff  		outro solo		end