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Ten Tonne Skeleton

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Whole step down/D standard tuning
[Intro]
Em Em C Am
[Verse]
She Emtook my heart, left me for dead
And Cdrank my blood, told Amme she GsaidG/F#  
"Our Emsecret's worth its weight in gold
But that Cfire we had, now's Amturning GcolG/F#d"
[Chorus]
EmCut loose like an animal
Fired out like a cannon ball
But I Cwaited too long
Yeah, I Amwaited too long
EmGot high from a holy vein
Crashed down in a hurricane
Love has Cbeen here and gone
Love has Ambeen here and gone
[Verse]
Where Emdid you go? Where did you run?
I Ccan't erase Amwhat you've dGoneG/F#  
Let's Emburn the past, for-get the truth
I'm still Cmore than him, I'm still Amloving GyouG/F#  
C Am
[Chorus]
EmCut loose like an animal
Fired out like a cannon ball
But I Cwaited too long
Yeah, I Amwaited too long
EmGot high from a holy vein
Crashed down in a hurricane
Love has Cbeen here and gone
Love has Ambeen here and gone
C Bm
[Middle 8]
(This bit is a little tricky to time)
 EmTen tonne ske-le-ton
Ten tonne skeC#-le-ton
Ten tonne Amske-le-ton
Ten Emtonne ske-le-ton
Ten tonne ske-leC#-ton
Ten tonne skeC  
[Chorus]
EmCut loose like an animal
Fired out like a cannon ball
But I Cwaited too long
Yeah, I Amwaited too long
EmGot high from a holy vein
Crashed down in a hurricane
Love has Cbeen here and gone
Love has Ambeen here and gone
[Outro]
But I Cwaited too long
For you Bmonly
Love has Cbeen here and gone
To die Bmslowly
Going Cun-der again
So don't F#dimfollow Emme

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Ten Tonne Skeleton

by Royal Blood

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G/F#

F#dim

Whole step down/D standard tuning

[Intro]

Em Em C Am

[Verse]

She took my heart, left me for dead

C Am G G/F#

And drank my blood, told me she said

"Our secret's worth its weight in gold

C Am G G/F#

But that fire we had, now's turning cold"

[Chorus]

Cut loose like an animal

Fired out like a cannon ball

But I waited too long

Yeah, I waited too long

Got high from a holy vein

Crashed down in a hurricane

Love has been here and gone

[Verse]

Where did you go? Where did you run?

C Am G G/F#

I can't erase what you've done

Let's burn the past, for-get the truth

C Am G G/F#

I'm still more than him, I'm still loving you

C Am

[Chorus]

Cut loose like an animal

Fired out like a cannon ball

But I waited too long

Yeah, I waited too long

Got high from a holy vein

Crashed down in a hurricane

Love has been here and gone

C Bm

[Middle 8]

(This bit is a little tricky to time)

Ten tonne ske-le-ton

Ten tonne ske

[Chorus]

Cut loose like an animal

Fired out like a cannon ball

But I waited too long

Yeah, I waited too long

Got high from a holy vein

Crashed down in a hurricane

Love has been here and gone

[Outro]

But I waited too long

For you only

Love has been here and gone

To die slowly

Going un-der again

F#dim Em

So don't follow me

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