The Go-Betweens The Clarke Sisters Intro: Em C Em G Em C Em G Em C They had problems with their father’s law Em C G They sleep in the back of a feminist bookstore, the Clarke sisters Em C The eldest sister keeps a midnight vigil Em C G G / D / Em C The youngest sister she’s not spiritual, the Clarke sisters Em C Em G And their steel grey hair, their lovely steel grey hair, the Clarke sisters G D Em C G Why don’t I, introduce you? I’m sure they won’t mind G D Em C Em C Em G % But don’t you dare, laugh at their collection, handed down, handed down for love. Em C The middle sister gets her period blood, Em C G G / D / Em C The flood of love, the flood of love, the Clarke sisters Em C Em G And their steel grey hair, their lovely steel grey hair, the Clarke sisters G D Em C G The afternoon world, the bees have stung the softball girls G D Em C G The midnight world, the crystal ball, down the wooden hall G D Em C G G D Em C The treehouse stands, their early childhood, the treehouse plans, and right above Em C Em C Em C ( G.) The Clarke sisters, handed down for love, handed down for love, handed down to love. Another Robert Forster classic from Tallulah (1987) rough transcription by Danny Lloyd