Furr

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Yeah, when I was only 17,
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I could hear the angels whispering
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So I droned into the woods and
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wondered aimlessly about till
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I heard my mother shouting through the fog
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It turned out to be the howling of a dog
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or a wolf to be exact
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The sound sent shivers down my back
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but I was drawn into the pack
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And before long, they allowed me
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to join in and sing their song
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So from the cliffs and highest hill, yeah
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we would gladly get our fill,
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howling endlessly and shrilly at the dawn.
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And I lost the taste for judging right from wrong.
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For my flesh had turned to fur, yeah
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And my thoughts, they surely were turned to
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instinct and obedience to God.

A    A/D    E  E7    X2

[Chorus]
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You can wear your fur
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like the river on fire.
E7       D         A
But you better be sure
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if your makin' God a liar.
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I'm a rattlesnake, babe,
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I'm like fuel on fire.
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So if you're gonna' get made,
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don't be afraid of what you've learned.
E7     A    A/D

[Verse 2]
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On the day that I turned 23,
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I was curled up underneath a dogwood tree.
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When suddenly a girl
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with skin the color of a pearl,
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wandered aimlessly,
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but she didn't seem to see.
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She was listenin' for the angels just like me.
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So I stood and looked about.
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I brushed the leaves off of my snout.

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And then I heard my mother shouting through the trees.
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You should have seen that girl go shaky at the knees.
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So I took her by the arm
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we settled down upon a farm.
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And raised our children up as
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gently as you pleased.

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[Pre-Chorus]
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And now my fur has turned to skin.
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And I've been quickly ushered in
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to a world that I confess I do not know.
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But I still dream of running careless through the snow.
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An' through the howlin' winds that blow,
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across the ancient distant flow,
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it fill our bodies up like water till we know.
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[Chorus]
         D         A
You can wear your fur
          A/D  A  E
like the river on fire.
E7       D         A
But you better be sure
        A/D    A       E
if your makin' God a liar.
E7     D            A
I'm a rattlesnake, babe,
          A/D  A  E
I'm like fuel on fire.
E7           D             A
So if you're gonna' get made,
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don't be afraid of what you've learned.
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