Neko Case – Dirty Knife (Guitar)

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[First part]
   C             Cadd#11
So suddenly the madness came

         F/C                 C
With it's whiskered, wolven, ether pangs

                          Cadd#11
He locked the door And he shut the blinds

       F/C                       C
He laid down on the floor and he slept like iron

          Fm6              Gm7
While the dirty knife bore deep

  C
Into his spine

               Cadd#11
The blood runs crazy

               C
The blood runs crazy
[Time signature changes from 4/4 to 6/8] [Second part:]
Am
Cascading letters pool on the stairs

                       Ammaj7
The grass is high, the cats are wild

    Am         Am/G      Am/F#        Am/F
You can't even touch the tip of their tails

Am/E    Am                    Adim
And the blood runs crazy with giant strides

        Am         Am/G#  Am/G  Am/F#
He sang nursery rhymes to paralyze

    Am/F        Am/F#        Am
The wolves that eddy out the corner of his eyes

         Am          Am/G#  Am/G       Am/F#
But they squared him frozen where he stood

       Am/F        Am/F#     Am
In the glow of the furniture piled high for firewood

        Am                    Adim7
And the blood runs crazy with giant strides

        Am       Am/B       Am/C    Am/D  Am/E
And the woodsman failed to breech those

 Fmaj7
 fangs in time

        Am          Am/B        Am/C       Am/D
So they dragged him through the underbrush

 Am/E   Fmaj7                    Adim7
Wearing three winter coats and a dirty knife
[Ukrainian part:]
C          Am        C       Am
krichit shaleno, strekoche zubami   (He shouts very loudly, grinding his teeth)

F            Dm7        Am
La la la la, la la la la

C          Am        C       Am
krichit shaleno, strekoche zubami

F            Dm7        Am
La la la la, la la la la
[Outro] Am Am/G Am/F# Am/F Am/G Am Fmaj7 Dm7 Am Am Am/G Am/F# Am/F Am/G Am Fmaj7 Dm7 Am Am Am/G Am/F# Am/F Am/G Am