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A Better Ghost - Butcher Boy
Capo 1st
Intro
 E   B   F#m   E    B(repeat)
Verse 1
EThBe F#mchilEdrBen Esettle down so safe and sound, and when the mourning comes again I'm here 
to hold your head.
BBuF#mt I EcaBn see you feather the nest with a dusty hope, you swoon and moan, there's water 
in your
AboEnes, so you can keep
Aa EdrAesEseBr full of sympathy, you're haunted by a better ghost than me. It's sad to see 
you cry when we're so near.
Verse 2
ESuBch F#mhapEpy BpEilgrims now, so safe and sound, and when the winter comes again I'm here to 
hold your head.
BBuF#mt I EcaBn see we feather the nest with rust and soap, we coo and groan, there's magnets 
in our
AboEnes. so you can keep
Aa EdrAesser full of baby teeth, you're haunted by a better ghost than me.
EBuBt take away the weight of where we've been and there'd be nothing left for us to talk about.
E B F#m A
E B F#m A E

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A Better Ghost

by Butcher Boy

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

A Better Ghost - Butcher Boy

Capo 1st

Intro

E B F#m E B

(repeat)

Verse 1

E B F#m E B E

The children settle down so safe and sound, and when the mourning comes again I'm here

to hold your head.

B F#m E B

But I can see you feather the nest with a dusty hope, you swoon and moan, there's water

in your

A E

bones, so you can keep

A E A E B

a dresser full of sympathy, you're haunted by a better ghost than me. It's sad to see

you cry when we're so near.

Verse 2

E B F#m E B E

Such happy pilgrims now, so safe and sound, and when the winter comes again I'm here to

hold your head.

B F#m E B

But I can see we feather the nest with rust and soap, we coo and groan, there's magnets

in our

A E

bones. so you can keep

A E A

a dresser full of baby teeth, you're haunted by a better ghost than me.

E B

But take away the weight of where we've been and there'd be nothing left for us to talk about.

E B F#m A

E B F#m A E

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