Artist: The Decemberists
Song: The Shankill Butchers
Tabbed by: Michael Hutchinson
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Capo on 4
Intro
C C/B Am7 C/B C C/B Am
e|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----0--
B|---1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1----1--
G|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----2--
D|---2-----0-----2-----0-----2-----0----2--
A|-3-----2-----0-----2-----3-----2------0--
E|-----------------------------------------
Verse (Riff 1)
"The Shankill Butchers on the Rise... "You better shut
your windows tight"
Am F E
e|---0--------------------------1------------------------0-
B|---1--------------------------1------------------------0-
G|---2--------------------------2------------------------1-
D|---2--------------------------3------------------------2-
A|---0--------------------------3------------------------2-
E|------------------------------1------------------------0-
(With Riff 1)
"They're sharpening their cleavers and their knives
And taking all their whiskey by the pint"
"Cuz everybody knows if you don't mind your mother's words
A wicked wind
E Am F G Am E Am E
e|--0--------------0-----------1-----3--------------------0---0---0---0-
B|--0--------------1-----------1-----3*-------------------1---1---1---1-
G|--1--------------2-----------2-----0--------------------2---2---2---2-
D|--2--------------2-----------3-----0--------------------2---2---2---2-
A|--2--------------0-----------3-----2------------------0-------0-------
E|--0--------------------------1-----3----------------------0-------0---
* or 0 on the b... can't tell
Will blow the ribbons from your curls
Everybody moan, everybody shake
F G Am E Am E
e|------1--------3--------------------0---0---0---0-
B|------1--------3*-------------------1---1---1---1
G|------2--------0--------------------2---2---2---2-
D|------3--------0--------------------2---2---2---2-
A|------3--------2------------------0-------0-------
E|------1--------3----------------------0-------0---
The shankill butchers gonna cut you awake
E Am
e|-----0-------------------------------0--
B|-----0-------------------------------1--
G|-----1-------------------------------2--
D|-----2-------------------------------2--
A|-----2-------------------------------0--
E|-----0----------------------------------
"They used to be just like me and you
They used to be sweet little boys.
But somthing went horribly askew
Now killing is their only source of joy"
Chorus
"Cuz everybody knows if you don't mind your mother's words
A wicked wind will blow the ribbons from your curls
Ph everybody moan, everybody shake
The shankill butchers gonna cut you awake"
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