Decemberists

Decemberists - Shankill Butchers guitar chord

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SHANKILL BUTCHERS - The Decemberists

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From the album: The Crane Wife (2006)

Tabbed by: Justin Muir

Email: HojoSeph99@optonline.net

Tuning: Standard, Capo 4

Key: Am (actually C#m)

Everything is relative to the capo. Play the bass note and then strum the chord. He

in some other bass notes other than when I noted e.g. E/B or F/C. The E/B and F/C mean to

a regular E major or F major but instead of playing the bass note E or F (6th string),

B or C (5th string)

Intro: Am Am/B C Am/B x2

Am Am/E F

The shankill butchers run tonight

E

You better shut your windows tight

Am Am/E F

They're sharpening their cleavers and their knives

E

And taking all their whiskey by the pint

Am Am/E F

And everybody knows if you don't

G Am Am/E

Mind your mother's words

Am Am/E F F/C

A wicked wind will blow

G Am

Your ribbons from your curls

Am/E Am Am/E F

Everybody moan, everybody shake

E E/B (Am Am/B

Am/B) x2

The shankill butchers wanna catch you awake

Am Am/E F

They used to be just like me and you

E

They used to be sweet little boys

Am Am/E F

But something went horribly askew

E

Now killing is their only source of joy

Am Am/E F

And everybody knows if you don't

G Am Am/E

Mind your mother's words

Am Am/E F F/C

A wicked wind will blow

G Am

Your ribbons from your curls

Am/E Am Am/E F

Everybody moan, everybody shake

E E/B (Am Am/B

Am/B) x2

The shankill butchers wanna catch you awake

Solo chords:

Am Am/E F E

Am Am/E F E

Am Am/E F

The shankill butchers on the rise

E

They're waiting until the dead of the night

Am Am/E F

They're picking at their fingers with their knives

E

And wiping off their cleavers on their thighs

Am Am/E F

And everybody knows if you don't

G Am Am/E

Mind your mother's words

Am Am/E F F/C

A wicked wind will blow

G Am

Your ribbons from your curls

Am/E Am Am/E F

Everybody moan, everybody shake

Ending:

E

The shankill butchers wanna catch you

E

The shankill butchers wanna cut you

E

The shankill butchers wanna catch you

Am Am/B C Am/B

Awake

Am Am/B C Am/B

Awake

Am Am/B C Am/B

Awake

Am

Awake

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