Florence + The Machine – My Boy Builds Coffins (Guitar)

Capo 5
Key
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Versions (5)

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Chords

It's basically the same the whole way through |C |Am |Em | The strings are plucked as to the rhythm in the song for the introduction. [Verse 1]
C             Am            Em
My boy builds coffins with hammers and nails

  C              Am            Em
He doesn't build ships, he has no use for sails

  C              Am      Em
He doesn't make tables, dressers or chairs

   C             Am               Em 
He can't carve a whistle cause he just doesn't care

C             Am              Em
My boy builds coffins for the rich and the poor

C         Am              Em
Kings and queens have all knocked on his door

C           Am       Em
Beggars and liars, gypsies and thieves

C                Am                 Em
They all come to him 'cause he's so eager to please
[Chorus]
C              Am        Em
My boy builds coffins he makes them all day

         C            Am          Em  
But it's not just for work and it isn't for play

          C        Am
He's made one for himself

Em
One for me too

C           Am         Em
One of these days he'll make one 

C  Am  Em
For you-------

C  Am  Em
For you-------

C  Am  Em
For you-------

C  Am  Em
For you-------
[Verse 2]
C             Am          Em
My boy builds coffins for better or worse

C               Am             Em
Some say it's a blessing, some say it's a curse

C             Am         Em
He fits them together in sunshine or rain

C           Am         Em
Each one is unique, no two are the same

C             Am            Em
My boy builds coffins and I think it's a shame

          C               Am             Em
That when each one's been made, he can't see it again

C               Am         Em
He crafts every one with love and with care

C                       Am            Em
Then it's thrown in the ground and it just isn't fair
[Chorus]
C              Am        Em
My boy builds coffins he makes them all day

         C            Am          Em  
But it's not just for work and it isn't for play

          C        Am
He's made one for himself

Em
One for me too

C           Am         Em
One of these days he'll make one for you