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Playing this on ukulele w/capo so sorry if it's a bit off on guitar.
Intro:
F C F C
FHow can you pine anymore
Cit is beautiful
Fand for all, Cunavoidable
Fso here are his Cbones
Fand his grinning Cskull
Fso now he is Chome 
Fto the bluebottlesC  
C Em Am F
EmHe who was your bFull
Gand made the shadows Frun
And I Cunderstand
Fin all things he was Cquite the man
but now Fperched on his Cskull
he Fwears cuckolds Chorns
Fthey're growing Cfull
Fpushing through Cthe soil
Empools gathering round my Fknees
Gtemptation leers at me from Fevery door 
Fso these are his Cbones
Emwhy won't you Fleave them Calone?
Emworms crowding her Ffeet
Gtrying to pull me back to their Fholes
Emtap-tapping in the Froom below
Gnothing more than dead Fpiles of bones
saying:
C'I'll eat this young whelp's Emheart I will'
C'I'll eat this young whelp's Emheart I will'
C'I'll eat this young whelp's Emheaaaaaaaart'
FHEAVE-EmHO
FHEAVE-EmHO
Emwith fists for spades we Fraid his grave
Emwith big black boots we Amstomp the roots
Emwith fists for spades we Fraid his grave
Emwith big black boots we Fstomp the roof
FHEAVE-EmHO
FHEAVE-EmHO
FHEAVE-EmHO
AmHEAVE-FHO
GHEAVE-AmHO

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His Grinning Skull

by Wild Beasts

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Playing this on ukulele w/capo so sorry if it's a bit off on guitar.

Intro:

F C F C

How can you pine anymore

it is beautiful

F C

and for all, unavoidable

F C

so here are his bones

F C

and his grinning skull

F C

so now he is home

F C

to the bluebottles

C Em Am F

Em F

He who was your bull

G F

and made the shadows run

And I understand

F C

in all things he was quite the man

F C

but now perched on his skull

F C

he wears cuckolds horns

F C

they're growing full

F C

pushing through the soil

Em F

pools gathering round my knees

G F

temptation leers at me from every door

F C

so these are his bones

Em F C

why won't you leave them alone?

Em F

worms crowding her feet

G F

trying to pull me back to their holes

Em F

tap-tapping in the room below

G F

nothing more than dead piles of bones

saying:

C Em

'I'll eat this young whelp's heart I will'

C Em

'I'll eat this young whelp's heart I will'

C Em

'I'll eat this young whelp's heaaaaaaaart'

F Em

HEAVE-HO

F Em

HEAVE-HO

Em F

with fists for spades we raid his grave

Em Am

with big black boots we stomp the roots

Em F

with fists for spades we raid his grave

Em F

with big black boots we stomp the roof

F Em

HEAVE-HO

F Em

HEAVE-HO

F Em

HEAVE-HO

Am F

HEAVE-HO

G Am

HEAVE-HO

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