Destroyer – Leopard Of Honor (Guitar Live)

Capo 4 Video Lesson
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Chords

timing and tempo. Bar the hell out of F and G. Chords (relative to capo): C/G 332xxx Cmaj7 x32000 G6/D x55430 Fmaj7/C x33210 [Intro] C/G Cmaj7 G6/D Fmaj7/C G6/D Fmaj7/C x2 C/G Cmaj7 G6/D Fmaj7/C [Verse 1]
C/G            Cmaj7        G6/D  Fmaj7/C
The leopard of honor speaks

C/G Cmaj7               G6/D         Fmaj7/C
To a crowd of the dead, shouting out for more

C/G
Suspiciously formed of the fast ones

          Cmaj7
"You must always leave them wanting," he said

           C/G
So we went down to the store

                 Cmaj7
I saw you at the store
[Verse 2]
C/G
Now, in this regards, where do I start

           Cmaj7
To keep us free, keep us apart?

C/G                              Cmaj7
I wanted to speak up, but it was not my place

          C/G   Cmaj7 G6/D  Fmaj7/C
Just some little shit in love with your eyes

Fmaj7/C
A brute adrift in space

G/C                                            Cmaj7
Pirouettes across the sky's faces where you'll find me
[Chorus]
     Am                 E
I was dead on my feet, asleep for days

  Dm
A stranger to the sun's brutal gaze, ah yeah

         F                        G
Mother Superior's the only one who calls

           F                             G
She says, "Hey, when are you ever coming over?"

  F                                   G
Remove that wretched writing from the wall

G
It's just more pictures again
[Interlude] C/G Cmaj7 G6/D Fmaj7/C x2 [Verse 3]
      C/G         Cmaj7          G6/D  Fmaj7/C
Jenny fell like a ton of bricks

      C/G         Cmaj7          G6/D  Fmaj7/C
Jenny fell like a ton of bricks

          Cmaj7                           Fmaj7/C
These are characterized as special times

Fmaj7/C
And these are special times, oh
[Interlude] C/G Cmaj7 G6/D Fmaj7/C [Verse 4]
      Cmaj7
Jenny fell like a ton of bricks

    Fmaj7/C                       Cmaj7                 Fmaj7/C
She travels in and out of you like some shade whistlin' Dixie

  Cmaj7
I didn't know why, I guess I was high

Fmaj7/C
Sick mansions freckle the skies

             Cmaj7                       Fmaj7/C
Saying, "for Christ's sakes, inhabit me"
[Chorus]
      Am                E
I was dead on my feet, asleep for days

  Dm
A stranger to the sun's brutal ways, ah yeah

         F                         G
Mother Superior's the only one who calls

           F                              G
She says, "Baby, when are you ever coming over?"

  F                               G
Enjoy the wretched writing on the wall

G
ENJOY!
[Solo] Fmaj7/C G x3 F G [Verse 5]
         C/G Cmaj7 G6/D  Fmaj7/C          C/G Cmaj7 G6/D  Fmaj7/C
Will the leopard of honor speak? Will the leopard of honor speak?

Cmaj7                   Fmaj7/C
Please stand, open your mouth, put out your hand and say

Cmaj7                     Fmaj7/C
"I saw you standing there singing for money"
[Refrain]
       Fmaj7/C           Cmaj7
Going "Da da dum   Da da dum

   Fmaj7/C             Cmaj7
Da dum da da   da da   da dum

   Fmaj7/C             Cmaj7
Da dum da da   da da   da bum bum bum

F            G
Da Da Da Da    Ahdadadada

Fmaj7/C    Cmaj7
Da   la da bum

   Fmaj7/C             Cmaj7
Da dum da da   da da   da bum bum bum bum

F              G
La da   La da    Dadadadada

Fmaj7/C   Cmaj7
La da ba da bum

   Fmaj7/C        Cmaj7
La da da da ba da bum bum

   Fmaj7/C            Cmaj7
Da dum da da   da da   da bum bum bum bum

   Fmaj7/C Cmaj7
La da
[Outro] Fmaj7/C Cmaj7 x2 F G Fmaj7/C Cmaj7 x3 F G Cmaj7