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Amazing cover of the Grizzly Bear song Knife.
The B chord is played as a barre chord on the 7th fret of the E string the first two 
of the verse, but when it follows the C# it is played as x24442 the last two times.  Listen 
the recording and you’ll hear the difference.
Badd4:  x24452
I want you to know, when I Blook in your eG#myes
With every  Bblow, comes another G#mlie
You think it’s alC#right, you think it’s Balright
                                        C#       BBadd4  B  
You think it’s alright, you think it’s alright
BOoG#moohhhhhh......
B G#m
C# B
	C#    BBadd4  B  
 ECan’t you feel the knife
Can’t you feel the knEife
Can’t you feel the knBife      A            Ex4
Can’t you feel the knBifeA  G#m  A  
F#Whhoooooaaaaa...
I want you to...
Bknow, when I look in your eG#myes
with every bBlow, comes another G#mlie
You think itC#’s alright, you think iBt’s alright
	                                 C#     BBadd4   B  
You think it’s alright, you think it’s alright

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Knife

by Born Ruffians

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G#m

Amazing cover of the Grizzly Bear song Knife.

The B chord is played as a barre chord on the 7th fret of the E string the first two

of the verse, but when it follows the C# it is played as x24442 the last two times. Listen

the recording and you’ll hear the difference.

Badd4: x24452

B G#m

I want you to know, when I look in your eyes

B G#m

With every blow, comes another lie

C# B

You think it’s alright, you think it’s alright

C# B B

Badd4

You think it’s alright, you think it’s alright

B G#m

Oooohhhhhh......

B G#m

C# B

C# B B

Badd4

Can’t you feel the knife

B A E

Can’t you feel the knife x4

B A G#m A

Can’t you feel the knife

Whhoooooaaaaa...

I want you to...

B G#m

know, when I look in your eyes

B G#m

with every blow, comes another lie

C# B

You think it’s alright, you think it’s alright

C# B B

Badd4

You think it’s alright, you think it’s alright

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