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Mike's doing some stuff with the bass notes on the Am chord, nothing too fancy just listen for it 
in the track. Also, the Em7 is more like Cmaj9/B. It's basically a step from C to Am that looks like 
this:
E]-0-
B]-1-
G]-0-
D]-0-
A]-2-
E]-x-
"Shank Hill St."
by Shovels and Rope
O' Be Joyful
Am
AmBuzzing like a locust, vibrating right out of my Gskin
AmPounding on the Fbutcher's wall, someCbody come and Em7let me Amin
There's a black haired woman carrying a rolling Gpin
Butcher-Amman's got a Fsecret but Cshe knows Em7where he Ambeen yeah, Cshe knows Em7where he Ambeen
And it'll be a Flong Gtime 'fore the Csun Amshines Fon Shank Hill GStreet Amagain
You see, Amearly in the morning, before the warm wind of the Gdawn
She saw Amthin man and a Fshadow make their Cway aEm7cross the Amlawn
There was a Amrustle, was a razor and the whisper of a Gprayer
Then the Amrhythm of the Fmallet like a Cheartbeat Em7in the Amair
And it'll be a Flong Gtime 'fore the Csun Amshines Fon Shank Hill GStreet Amagain
Am G Am
C Am G Am
With a Amhandshake like a hammer and a suicide Ggrin
That Amwooden door creaked Fopen and the Cbutcher-man Em7let me Amin, yes like Cthat he Em7let me Amin
But I Amwasted not a minute, I was on him like a whipG  
For Amone last Fminute he'd feel that Chot Em7red Amdrip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip
And it'll be a Flong Gtime 'fore the Csun Amshines Fon Shank Hill GStreet Amagain
Am G Am
C Am G Am

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Shank Hill St

by Shovels & Rope

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Em7

Mike's doing some stuff with the bass notes on the Am chord, nothing too fancy just listen for it

in the track. Also, the Em7 is more like Cmaj9/B. It's basically a step from C to Am that looks like

this:

E]-0-

B]-1-

G]-0-

D]-0-

A]-2-

E]-x-

"Shank Hill St."

by Shovels and Rope

O' Be Joyful

Am G

Buzzing like a locust, vibrating right out of my skin

Am F C Em7 Am

Pounding on the butcher's wall, somebody come and let me in

There's a black haired woman carrying a rolling pin

Am F C Em7 Am C Em7 Am

Butcher-man's got a secret but she knows where he been yeah, she knows where he been

F G C Am F G Am

And it'll be a long time 'fore the sun shines on Shank Hill Street again

Am G

You see, early in the morning, before the warm wind of the dawn

Am F C Em7 Am

She saw thin man and a shadow make their way across the lawn

Am G

There was a rustle, was a razor and the whisper of a prayer

Am F C Em7 Am

Then the rhythm of the mallet like a heartbeat in the air

F G C Am F G Am

And it'll be a long time 'fore the sun shines on Shank Hill Street again

Am G Am

C Am G Am

Am G

With a handshake like a hammer and a suicide grin

Am F C Em7 Am C Em7 Am

That wooden door creaked open and the butcher-man let me in, yes like that he let me in

Am G

But I wasted not a minute, I was on him like a whip

Am F C Em7 Am

For one last minute he'd feel that hot red drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip

F G C Am F G Am

And it'll be a long time 'fore the sun shines on Shank Hill Street again

Am G Am

C Am G Am

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