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
