Amanda Palmer – Trout Heart Replica (Ukulele)

Bb
They've been circling

C
They've been circling

Am                      Bb
Since the day they were born

Bb
It's disturbing

C
How they're circling

Am                  Bb
Fifty feet from the pond

Bb
Pretty often

C
Pretty often

Am                 Bb
I don't want to be told

Bb
It's a problem

C
It's a problem

Am               Bb
It's a problem I know

Bb                    C                Am                Bb
And I won't keep what I can't catch in my bare hands without a net

     Bb             C                Am               Bb
It's hard enough to walk on grass so conscious of the consequences

Bb
They've been jerking

C
They've been jerking

Am               Bb
In a pail by the dock

Bb
I know that oxygen might

C
Make them blossom and die

Am                   Bb
But I'm not going to talk

Bb
Feed them details

C
Feed them emails

Am                 Bb
They'll eventually grow

Bb
But it's not working

C
It's not working

Am              Bb
Not as far as I know

    Bb                C                Am                 Bb
And killing things is not so hard it's hurting that's the hardest part

    Bb              C              Am           Bb
And when the wizard gets to me I'm asking for a smaller heart

Bbsus2
And I got you

  C
I thought that I got you

Am7              Bbsus2
now I'll ruin it all

Bbsus2
Feeling helpless

C
Acting selfish

Am7             Bbsus2
Being human and all

Bbsus2
And they're jumping

C
And they're jumping

Am7                   Bbsus2
But they'll never get out

Bbsus2
Just keep touring

C
Just keep on ignoring

Am7             Bbsus2
Be a good little trout

        Bb                C
And the butcher stops and winds his watch

    Am                    Bb
And lays their lives down on the block

   Bb            C               Am                 Bb
He raises up his hatchet and the big hand strikes a compromise

Bb          C          G
Wait we'll trade you wait

Bb          C        G
Please just one more day

    Bb         C
And then we'll go with

  Bb*
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E|-0-|
C|-2-|
G|-3-|

G5 G6  G7 G
No complaining

Bb Bb* Bb5 Bb6
No complaining

G5 G6 G7  G
No complaining

Bb   Bb*
Stop come

Bb
And they're cutting

C
And they're cutting

Am                 Bb
And I think that I know

Bb
And they're gutting

C
And they're gutting

Am                 Bb
And I think that I know

Bb
And it's beating

C
Look it's beating

Am                  Bb
And I don't want to know

Bb
And it's beating

C
Look it's still beating

Am                   Bb
God I don't want to know

Bb                    C
And killing things is not so hard

     Am                 Bb
It's hurting that's the hardest part

    Bb              C
And when the wizard gets to me

    Am           Bb
I'm asking for a smaller heart

    Bb             C
And if he tells me no

             Am             Bb
I'll hold my breath until I hit the floor

 Bb            C
Eventually I'm know I'm doomed

   Am            Bb
To get what I am asking for

       Bb          C
Now my heart is exactly the size

     F                    Bb
Of a six-sided die cut in half

        F                Bb
Made of ruby red stained glass

      Bb                       C
Can I knock you unconscious as long as I promise

     F                          Bb
I'll love you and I'll make you laugh

       Bb          C
Now my heart is exactly the size

     F                    Bb
Of a six-sided die cut in half

        F                Bb
Made of ruby red stained glass

      Bb                       C
Can I knock you unconscious as long as I promise

     F                          Bb
I'll love you and I'll make you laugh