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Skin Your Teeth - The Stranger's Six
A Date With Daylight (2007)
Main Riff (Play twice for intro)
e|-----------------------------|
B|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7~~~~~------|
G|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7~~~~~------|
D|-9-9-7-9---9-9-9-7~~~~~------|
A|-9-9-7-9---9-9-9-7h9p7-------|
E|-----------------------11/12\|
I Bmmade a mess, a little interEvention pleaseBm  E  
Well it's a Bmlonely place, waiting for what you'll Enever BmseeE  
        And now Gevery little stop, every little stammer,
        BmWaiting on your knees, you pray for answersE  
        EWhats worth waiting Bmfor~A~?
        Well, Gevery little stop, every little stammer,
        BmWaiting on your knees, you pray for answersE  
        EWhats worth waiting Bmfor~A~?
I've Bmkept childhood Ahymns in my F#pocket
GOver and over and Dover again I triedA  
BmWell somehow I Afound that I F#lost it
AWhat it is well I don't know, what it F#is well I don't know
        And now Gevery little stop, every little stammer,
        BmWaiting on your knees, you pray for answersE  
        EWhats worth waiting Bmfor~A~?
        Well, Gevery little stop, every little stammer,
        BmWaiting on your knees, you pray for answersE  
        EWhats worth waiting Bmfor~A~?
[E, Bm, A, D] (Play twice for bridge)
I couldn't Bmwrite my own, so "Now I lay me down to sleep"...
BmPlagiarized those lines until my hands would bleed
        And now Gevery little stop, every little stammer,
        BmWaiting on your knees, you pray for answersE  
        EWhats worth waiting Bmfor~A~?
        Well, Gevery little stop, every little stammer,
        BmWaiting on your knees, you pray for answersE  
        EI won't wait anyBmmoreA~

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Skin Your Teeth

by The Strangers Six

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Skin Your Teeth - The Stranger's Six

A Date With Daylight (2007)

Main Riff (Play twice for intro)

e|-----------------------------|

B|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7~~~~~------|

G|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7~~~~~------|

D|-9-9-7-9---9-9-9-7~~~~~------|

A|-9-9-7-9---9-9-9-7h9p7-------|

E|-----------------------11/12\|

Bm E Bm E

I made a mess, a little intervention please

Bm E Bm E

Well it's a lonely place, waiting for what you'll never see

And now every little stop, every little stammer,

Bm E

Waiting on your knees, you pray for answers

E Bm A

Whats worth waiting for~~?

Well, every little stop, every little stammer,

Bm E

Waiting on your knees, you pray for answers

E Bm A

Whats worth waiting for~~?

Bm A F#

I've kept childhood hymns in my pocket

G D A

Over and over and over again I tried

Bm A F#

Well somehow I found that I lost it

A F#

What it is well I don't know, what it is well I don't know

And now every little stop, every little stammer,

Bm E

Waiting on your knees, you pray for answers

E Bm A

Whats worth waiting for~~?

Well, every little stop, every little stammer,

Bm E

Waiting on your knees, you pray for answers

E Bm A

Whats worth waiting for~~?

E Bm A D

[, , , ] (Play twice for bridge)

I couldn't write my own, so "Now I lay me down to sleep"...

Plagiarized those lines until my hands would bleed

And now every little stop, every little stammer,

Bm E

Waiting on your knees, you pray for answers

E Bm A

Whats worth waiting for~~?

Well, every little stop, every little stammer,

Bm E

Waiting on your knees, you pray for answers

E Bm A

I won't wait anymore~

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