Amanda Palmer – Machete (Guitar)

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SONG: MACHETE ARTIST: AMANDA PALMER TAB BY: DON CZARSKI EMAIL: [email protected] INTRO: NONE CHORUS:
Em      D               C       Am
I have never liked the box of knives

     Em         D          C           Am
You said was a paradox because you're kind

     Em           D             C           Am
But withstood a childhood that robbed you, blind

    Em            D                C         Am
Of love that was safe and so you learned to fight
CHORUS:
Em      D               C       Am
I have never liked the box of knives

     Em         D          C           Am
You said was a paradox because you're kind

     Em           D             C           Am
But withstood a childhood that robbed you, blind

    Em            D                C         Am
Of love that was safe and so you learned to fight
CHORUS:
Em      D               C       Am
I have never liked the box of knives

     Em         D          C           Am
You said was a paradox because you're kind

     Em           D             C           Am
But withstood a childhood that robbed you, blind

    Em            D                C         Am
Of love that was safe and so you learned to fight
CHORUS:
Em      D               C       Am
I have never liked the box of knives

     Em         D          C           Am
You said was a paradox because you're kind

     Em           D             C           Am
But withstood a childhood that robbed you, blind

    Em            D                C         Am
Of love that was safe and so you learned to fight
VERSE:
 Am       C             Em D
What do I do with the stuff

               Am       C            Em D
It seems like yesterday I called you up

         Am       Bm          C            
I had a terrible case of the past

          D           G      C
I didn't know how to get it off

          Am         Bm      C
I didn't know how to get it off
PRE-CHORUS:
            G
And you took

         C
Your machete

          G                                          C
And you sliced through the vines that wrapped around me

         G
And you said

Em                    D
I dont know what I'm doing

C             Bm      Am
So I'll just keep on cutting

       G                               C
It's worth a little blood to get your arms free
CHORUS:
Em      D               C       Am
I have never liked the box of knives

     Em         D          C           Am
You said was a paradox because you're kind

     Em           D             C           Am
But withstood a childhood that robbed you, blind

    Em            D                C         Am
Of love that was safe and so you learned to fight
CHORUS:
Em      D               C       Am
I have never liked the box of knives

     Em         D          C           Am
You said was a paradox because you're kind

     Em           D             C           Am
But withstood a childhood that robbed you, blind

    Em            D                C         Am
Of love that was safe and so you learned to fight
VERSE:
 Am       C             Em D
What do I do with the stuff

               Am       C         Em D
It seems like yesterday I was in love

           Am       Bm             C
I kept on hardening the soft parts up

          D           G        C
I didn't know how to get them off

          Am         Bm        C
I didn't know how to get them off
PRE-CHORUS:
         G
And you took

         C
Your machete

         G                                  C
And you hacked through the woods in the surrounding

         G  
And you said

Em                      D
I dont know where I'm going

   C         Bm       Am   
I just know that I'm heading 

          G                           C
From the dead things piling up behind me
PRE-CHORUS:
         G
And you took

        C
Your machete

         G                        C
And you carved out a path to my chest

              G      
And you said see 

  Em             D         
There's nothing not worth keeping

 C             Bm   Am
You've felt so many beatings

     G                            C
But nothings gonna work if you believe me

     G                            C
But nothings gonna work if you believe me
CHORUS:
Em      D               C       Am
I have never liked the box of knives

     Em         D          C           Am
You said was a paradox because you're kind

     Em           D             C           Am
But withstood a childhood that robbed you, blind

    Em            D                C         Am
Of love that was safe and so you learned to fight
CHORUS:
Em      D               C       Am
I have never liked the box of knives

     Em         D          C           Am
You said was a paradox because you're kind

     Em           D             C           Am
But withstood a childhood that robbed you, blind

    Em            D                C         Am
Of love that was safe and so you learned to fight
CHORUS:
Em      D               C       Am
I have never liked the box of knives

     Em            D               C      Am
I'd took it to the ocean side the day you died

    Em              D              C          Am
I stood out on the dock no matter how hard I tried

   Em                D            C          Am
I couldn't drop them in and I collapsed and cried
VERSE:
 Am       C             Em  D
What do I do with the stuff

               Am        C         Em  D
It seems like yesterday you were alive

            Am            Bm     C
And it's as if you never really died

             D            G      C
And it's as if you never really died
PRE-CHORUS:
         G
And you took

        C
Your machete

          G                             C
You said boo, guess who, but seriously beauty

          Em                        D
You said see you got the drill now don't you

 C          Bm     Am
It's not a will or won't you

 G                                C
Can't keep making symbols out of nothing
PRE-CHORUS:
      G
So I took

        C
Your machete

        G                           C
And I sliced off your head and you laughed 

          G   Em                  D
You said see it's just like anti-matter

 C            Bm    Am
It's Dumbo's magic feather
OUTRO:
 G
you don't need me here to cut you

 C
you don't need me here to cut you

 G
You don't need me here to cut you

 C
You don't need me here to cut you

Em                 D
You don't need me here to cut you

 C
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