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Skeleton Song

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Capo 2
[Chords]
G:320033
Em:022000
D:x00232
C:x32010
[Intro] (x2)
   G     Em     D(G)
[Verse 1]
GSkeleton you are my friend
EmBut you are mDade of bGoneEm  D  
And yGou have got no flesh and blood
EmRunning through you to hDelp protect the bGoneEm  D  
GSkeleton we have been friends Emfor yeaDrs
And yGou have seen me through some trials
And tEmribulations aDnd some tGears
But eEmverybody thinks ID'm weGirdEm  D  
[Chorus]
And I should have kGnown
That it wEmouldn't Dbe loCng
Until you, yoEmu've got me stDanding in an aCwkward posGition
With unEmwanted atteDntion and a nCeed for explanGation
And it's Emnot that I'm Dletting go Cof Gyou
But I dEmon't know what to doD  C  G  
[Verse 2]
GSkeleton we are so closeEm  D  
But yGou have got no body
       Em         D                 G  Em
GSo why do you insist on wearing clothes
GSkeleton when we were youngEm  
It was eDasy
Even tGhough the other kids
They Emwould tDease me
But GI was only seven I Emhad you
But now ID'm twenty-tGwo
[Chorus]
And now it's dGifferent, when I tEmake yDou oCut
And youEm, you've got me sDtanding in an Cawkward pGosition
With unEmwanted attDention and a nCeed for explanGation
And it's Emnot that I'm Dletting go Cof yGou
EmBut I don't know what to doD  C  G  
[Bridge]
'Cause sometimes at night,
I dream of the most terrible things
I take a hammer and I creep out of bed
And I raise it high
And I smash your head
Fibular and tubular
And ribs and cages, too
In fact, while I'm here
I'll smash the whole of you
Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah............ (etc)
Smaaaaaaaaaaash !
[Verse 3]
     G                         Em   D   G
BuDt Skeleton, you are my friend
And GI could never bring your life Emto an eDnd
G                           Em     D    G
YeDs Skeleton you are, you are my friend
And GI will be there for you untEmil the eDnd
[Chorus]
And even thGough, when I tEmake yDou oCut
You've got meEm, you've got me sDtanding in an Cawkward poGsition
With unEmwanted attDention and a nCeed for explanGation
I could, I could never let you go
And tEmhat is all I knoDwC  G  
      EmDCG
And that is all I know
And tEmhat is all I, thDat is all CI knGow
And tEmhat is all I knowD, kCnowG  

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Skeleton Song

by Kate Nash

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo 2

[Chords]

:320033

:022000

:x00232

:x32010

[Intro] (x2)

G Em D G

()

[Verse 1]

Skeleton you are my friend

Em D G Em D

But you are made of bone

And you have got no flesh and blood

Em D G Em D

Running through you to help protect the bone

G Em D

Skeleton we have been friends for years

And you have seen me through some trials

Em D G

And tribulations and some tears

Em D G Em D

But everybody thinks I'm weird

[Chorus]

And I should have known

Em D C

That it wouldn't be long

Em D C G

Until you, you've got me standing in an awkward position

Em D C G

With unwanted attention and a need for explanation

Em D C G

And it's not that I'm letting go of you

Em D C G

But I don't know what to do

[Verse 2]

G Em D

Skeleton we are so close

But you have got no body

Em D G Em

So why do you insist on wearing clothes

G Em

Skeleton when we were young

It was easy

Even though the other kids

Em D

They would tease me

G Em

But I was only seven I had you

D G

But now I'm twenty-two

[Chorus]

G Em D C

And now it's different, when I take you out

Em D C G

And you, you've got me standing in an awkward position

Em D C G

With unwanted attention and a need for explanation

Em D C G

And it's not that I'm letting go of you

Em D C G

But I don't know what to do

[Bridge]

'Cause sometimes at night,

I dream of the most terrible things

I take a hammer and I creep out of bed

And I raise it high

And I smash your head

Fibular and tubular

And ribs and cages, too

In fact, while I'm here

I'll smash the whole of you

Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah............ (etc)

Smaaaaaaaaaaash !

[Verse 3]

G Em D G

But Skeleton, you are my friend

G Em D

And I could never bring your life to an end

G Em D G

Yes Skeleton you are, you are my friend

G Em D

And I will be there for you until the end

[Chorus]

G Em D C

And even though, when I take you out

Em D C G

You've got me, you've got me standing in an awkward position

Em D C G

With unwanted attention and a need for explanation

I could, I could never let you go

Em D C G

And that is all I know

DCG

And that is all I know

Em D C G

And that is all I, that is all I know

Em D C G

And that is all I know, know

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