Artist: The Decemberists
Album: The Crane Wife
Song: The Shankill Butchers
Tabbed by: thesloth (decemberists.com/orate)
capo 4 - all chords relative.
Am/B: x2x010
Intro:
| Am | Am/B | C | Am/B | Am | x2
Am Am/E F
The shankill butchers run tonight
E
You better shut your windows tight
Am Am/E F
They're sharpening their cleavers and their knives
E
And taking all their whiskey by the pint
D|--2-0------
A|------3-2--
E|-----------
Am F
And everybody knows if you don't
G Am
Mind your mother's words
Am Am/E F
A wicked wind will blow
G Am
Your ribbons from your curls
Am F
Everybody moan, everybody shake
E
The shankill butchers wanna catch you awake
| Am | Am/B | C | Am/B | Am | x2
Am Am/E F
They used to be just like me and you
E
They used to be sweet little boys
Am Am/E F
But something went horribly askew
E
Now killing is their only source of joy
Am F
And everybody knows if you don't
G Am
Mind your mother's words
Am Am/E F
A wicked wind will blow
G Am
Your ribbons from your curls
Am F
Everybody moan, everybody shake
E
The shankill butchers wanna catch you awake
| Am | Am/B | C | Am/B | Am | x2
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----5/6-5---3/1-----/3--1-0-0h1-0--------------------------------------------3/5--3--1--0--|
G|-4-5-------------4-------------------5-4--2-4-4/5--4-5/7-7/10-10-9--10-12-9-----------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Am Am/E F
The shankill butchers run tonight
E
They're waiting until the dead of the night
Am Am/E F
They're picking at their fingers with their knives
E
And wiping off their cleavers on their thighs
Am F
And everybody knows if you don't
G Am
Mind your mother's words
Am Am/E F
A wicked wind will blow
G Am
Your ribbons from your curls
Am F
Everybody moan, everybody shake
E
The shankill butchers wanna cut you away
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