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       The Box - Johnny Flynn
Tuning - EADGBD              Capo on 2nd
    D5- xx0230
 Asus4- x02220
     G- 320000
    Bm- x24432 (possibly x24234 because it does sound a bit odd)
    G7- 355433
The other tab is great but in all his videos he plays with a capo on 2nd
Intro D5 Asus4 G x2  (when on the G he hammers on the a string from 0 to 2)
Rob Bmlived in a box G7by the rails
OnlBmy thing he knew, G7you don't fail
WheBmn you live in a boG7x by the rails
            Asus4                       G     D5(here on the D5 he hammers from 0
Don't comb your hair, don't comb your tail   to 3 on the a string and
                                             continues to do this through the
                                             chorus)
D5Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
LeGave me nothing, I don't Bmneed at all
NotGhing, I don't need D5at all
Intro chords
He ate from the bins in the park
Stayed out with the rats after dark
Never left a trail, never made his mark
When he ate with the rats after dark
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothing, I don't need at all
Nothing, I don't need at all
Intro chords
Calling on his friends, never made him sad
Didn't want the things he never had
It only made them feel so bad
For having the things he never had
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothing, I don't need at all
Nothing, I don't need at all
Intro Chords
If you stay in that box overnight
And don't get out when it gets light
There's not much lost of the secret life
That's done wrong and it's never done right
Now some more flowers grow
The corn gets eaten by a few more crows
And an old man's box is full of bones
Won't see his footprints in the snow
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothing, I don't need at all
Nothing, I don't need at all
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothing, I don't need at all
Nothing, I don't need at all
Repeat intro chords  D5   Asus4    G(At the end while playing  D5he plays
                                 the frets 0 2 4 2 on the high e string)
End on D5  

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The Box

by Johnny Flynn

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Asus4

The Box - Johnny Flynn

Tuning - EADGBD Capo on 2nd

- xx0230

Asus4

- x02220

- 320000

- x24432 (possibly x24234 because it does sound a bit odd)

- 355433

The other tab is great but in all his videos he plays with a capo on 2nd

Intro D5 Asus4 G x2 (when on the G he hammers on the a string from 0 to 2)

Bm G7

Rob lived in a box by the rails

Bm G7

Only thing he knew, you don't fail

Bm G7

When you live in a box by the rails

Asus4 G D5

(here on the D5 he hammers from 0

Don't comb your hair, don't comb your tail to 3 on the a string and

continues to do this through the

chorus)

Sweep my mess away

Leave my body, leave my bones

Leave me whole and leave my soul

G Bm

Leave me nothing, I don't need at all

G D5

Nothing, I don't need at all

Intro chords

He ate from the bins in the park

Stayed out with the rats after dark

Never left a trail, never made his mark

When he ate with the rats after dark

Sweep my mess away

Leave my body, leave my bones

Leave me whole and leave my soul

Leave me nothing, I don't need at all

Nothing, I don't need at all

Intro chords

Calling on his friends, never made him sad

Didn't want the things he never had

It only made them feel so bad

For having the things he never had

Sweep my mess away

Leave my body, leave my bones

Leave me whole and leave my soul

Leave me nothing, I don't need at all

Nothing, I don't need at all

Intro Chords

If you stay in that box overnight

And don't get out when it gets light

There's not much lost of the secret life

That's done wrong and it's never done right

Now some more flowers grow

The corn gets eaten by a few more crows

And an old man's box is full of bones

Won't see his footprints in the snow

Sweep my mess away

Leave my body, leave my bones

Leave me whole and leave my soul

Leave me nothing, I don't need at all

Nothing, I don't need at all

Sweep my mess away

Leave my body, leave my bones

Leave me whole and leave my soul

Leave me nothing, I don't need at all

Nothing, I don't need at all

D5 Asus4 G D5

Repeat intro chords (At the end while playing he plays

the frets 0 2 4 2 on the high e string)

End on

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