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AmWhite chalk Chills are all I've GknownDm  
AmWhite chalk Chills will rot my GbonesDm  
AmWhite chalk Csticking to my GshoesDm  
AmWhite chalk Cplaying as a cGhild with yFou
DmOooh oCoh oGoooh
DmOooh oCoh oGooohG  
AmWhite chalk Csouth against GtimeDm  
AmWhite chalk Ccutting down the Gsea at LDmyme
AmI walk the Cvalleys by the CGerneDm  
On a Ampath cut Cfifteen hundred yGears agDmo
And I Fknow these Gchalk hills will rot my Ambones
|(Am)    C|    G    Dm|
|   Am     C|    G    Dm|
|   Am     C|    G    Dm|
|   Am     C|    G|       Dm|       Dm|
AmDorset's cCliffs meet at the GseaDm  
AmWhere I wCalked our unborn Gchild in mDme
AmWhite chalk, Cgorse-scattered GlandDm  
AmScratch my pCalms
There's Gblood on my hDmands

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White Chalk

by PJ Harvey

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Am C G Dm

White chalk hills are all I've known

Am C G Dm

White chalk hills will rot my bones

Am C G Dm

White chalk sticking to my shoes

Am C G F

White chalk playing as a child with you

Dm C G

Oooh ooh ooooh

Dm C G G

Oooh ooh ooooh

Am C G Dm

White chalk south against time

Am C G Dm

White chalk cutting down the sea at Lyme

Am C G Dm

I walk the valleys by the Cerne

Am C G Dm

On a path cut fifteen hundred years ago

F G Am

And I know these chalk hills will rot my bones

Am C G Dm

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Am C G Dm

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Am C G Dm

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Am C G Dm Dm

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Am C G Dm

Dorset's cliffs meet at the sea

Am C G Dm

Where I walked our unborn child in me

Am C G Dm

White chalk, gorse-scattered land

Am C

Scratch my palms

G Dm

There's blood on my hands

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