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SHANKILL BUTCHERS - The Decemberists
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From the album: The Crane Wife (2006)
Tuning: Standard, Capo 4
Key: (actually )
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: x2
The shankill butchers run tonight
You better shut your windows tight
They're sharpening their cleavers and their knives
And taking all their whiskey by the pint
And everybody knows if you don't
Mind your mother's words
A wicked wind will blow
Your ribbons from your curls
Everybody moan, everybody shake
(
/B) x2
The shankill butchers wanna catch you awake
They used to be just like me and you
They used to be sweet little boys
But something went horribly askew
Now killing is their only source of joy
And everybody knows if you don't
Mind your mother's words
A wicked wind will blow
Your ribbons from your curls
Everybody moan, everybody shake
(
/B) x2
The shankill butchers wanna catch you awake
Solo chords:
The shankill butchers on the rise
They're waiting until the dead of the night
They're picking at their fingers with their knives
And wiping off their cleavers on their thighs
And everybody knows if you don't
Mind your mother's words
A wicked wind will blow
Your ribbons from your curls
Everybody moan, everybody shake
Ending:
The shankill butchers wanna catch you
The shankill butchers wanna cut you
The shankill butchers wanna catch you
Awake
Awake
Awake
Awake