| A | Bm | |
| F | rom the back of my neck, oh o | h oh |
| A | Bm | |
| W | ired a glass jaw, oh | oh |
| A | Bm | |
| P | lantation burning your boat is coming in |
| A | Bm | |
| S | trum your jew's-harp, you're reeking g | in |
| E | F#m | |
| R | unning water in a sin | king boat |
| E | F# | E | |
| G | oing under but they'v | e got your go | at |
| Burning down - my hands are tied my feet are bound |
| Burning down - can't you see that my hands are bound |
| Johnny Mike is reading in the yard |
| His story's timely, oh oh oh |
| What river is it anyway, radio |
| Not in a boat, in your ear |
| Bm | C#m | |
| Y | ou pick your island in the s | un |
| Bm | C# | E | |
| T | ake your island off he's | got a gu | n |
| Burning down - my hands are tied my feet are bound |
| Burning down - can't you see that my hands are bound |
| He's cooking in the woods, a brush fire in your neck |
| Feeling mighty mighty, oh oh oh |
| Bm | C#m | |
| Y | ou can pick your island in the | sun |
| Bm | C# | E | |
| T | ake your island off he's | got a gu | n |