Old 97's – Rollerskate Skinny (Guitar)

Capo 3
Key
-
Versions (2)

Auto-scroll

Chords

Capo III (key of song is Bb) G C Em D
G
Rollerskate skinny and the terrible twos

C
How can you have everything and nothing to lose

Em
You and nobody see eye to eye

D
You're gonna    wake up with a ghost instead of a guy

G
Bulletin board on the wall of a church

C
Soaking up the city from a top-step perch

Em
You're  gonna break down on a midnight date

D
Gonna   curse this town, you're gonna run late

Am      D
You're pretty as a penny, Rollerskate   Skinny

Am      D
You're pretty as a penny, Rollerskate   Skinny

 G
Do you  want to meet up at the Pickwood Bowl

 C
We could knock nine down and leave one in the hole

 Em
 Wouldn't be here if the Athenia hadn't sunk

 D
Or if   dear ol' dad hadn't got so drunk

 G
 Every other day is a kick in the shins

 C
 Every other day it's like the day just wins

 Em
You make it all right, you make it okay

 D
You make me sorta glad that I waited 'til today

        Am      D
You're pretty as a penny, Rollerskate   Skinny

        Am      D
You're pretty as a penny, Rollerskate   Skinny

        G       C      Em     D
(guitar break)                          

 G
 Rollerskate skinny and the terrible twos

 C
 Two years in and it's time to choose

 Em
 Love feels good when it sits right down

 D
Puts its feet up on the table and it sends a bowl around

 G
 Ain't nobody gonna see eye to eye

 C
With a  girl who's only gonna stand collarbone high

 Em
 Rain's gonna come in fair-sized drips

 D
We're   gonna go to heaven wearing paper-hat ships

 Am     D
You're pretty as a penny, Rollerskate   Skinny

 Am     D
You're pretty as a penny, Rollerskate   Skinny

 C      G      Em     C
 I believe in   love, but       it don't believe in...

 G      Em     C      G
 I believe in   love, but it don't believe in   me

 Em     C      G      Em     C
I believe in    love, but it don't believe in   me--    --      --

 G      Em     C
No it don't believe in  me--    --      --

 G      Em     C      G      Em     C      G
Don't believe in