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The Handsome Family - Gulls
Standard tuning, no capo.
CGood Doctor BriGan
He fell in loCve
With the purple sGeas
Of such rose and siClk
But in what got drAmove
Away, awCay
Like the soaring ghGost
All the white dove seCes
One night he beggGed
She’d be his briCde
But she said ‘nCo’
It cannot waGit
Just like guAmlls
With their hungry trCies
I love you leGss
Than the one got tiCed
Out he did grFew
Oh such cruel woCrds
And although this Gis
A shiny cAmell
He took a roCck
And threw it hiGgh
And hawk a guGll
From the wine dark saCnd
Bridge :
G C G C Am C G C
In twilet duGst
In a blacky witCch
The doctor burFned
Warm wood and piCtch
And with a fiAmst
Will bring your dCirt
Deep in the nigGht
For that one girl heCart
And then she caFme
With those rosy sleeCves
To touch his haGnds
With such a wilder kAmiss
His black top haCt
To the breeze it weGnt
And his flapping arGms
Grew feather plCan
His face is stretGched
To a sharpened waCy
And now he’s straFnge
To feel the wild dark wiCnd
But all he foAmund
And thought to fiCnd
Those rosy sleGeves
Held them oh so tiCght
Outro :
Am C G C

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Gulls

by The Handsome Family

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The Handsome Family - Gulls

Standard tuning, no capo.

C G

Good Doctor Brian

He fell in love

With the purple seas

Of such rose and silk

But in what got drove

Away, away

Like the soaring ghost

All the white dove sees

One night he begged

She’d be his bride

But she said ‘no’

It cannot wait

Just like gulls

With their hungry tries

I love you less

Than the one got tied

Out he did grew

Oh such cruel words

And although this is

A shiny cell

He took a rock

And threw it high

And hawk a gull

From the wine dark sand

Bridge :

G C G C Am C G C

In twilet dust

In a blacky witch

The doctor burned

Warm wood and pitch

And with a fist

Will bring your dirt

Deep in the night

For that one girl heart

And then she came

With those rosy sleeves

To touch his hands

With such a wilder kiss

His black top hat

To the breeze it went

And his flapping arms

Grew feather plan

His face is stretched

To a sharpened way

And now he’s strange

To feel the wild dark wind

But all he found

And thought to find

Those rosy sleeves

Held them oh so tight

Outro :

Am C G C

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