Portugal. The Man – How The Leopard Got Its Spots (Guitar)

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[Instrumental] Am G F E Dm [Verse 1]
Am                 G              F   E Dm
Palms are fitted black and finely tuned

   Am              G           F       E Dm
To triggers, cause bodies that tremble
[Chorus 1]
         Am                G
But this mud looks shallow from the beach

        F                E    Dm
When we hide behind such ugly faces

        Am              G
And the dark-eyed woman lifts her head

           F                E    Dm
"Why do we hide behind such ugly faces?"
[Verse 2]
Am             G                F
Child-bearing games from the streets

              E            Dm
down to the shores they're playing

   Am          G        F              E   Dm
as waterways open in an obscene gaping gasp
[Chorus 1]
         Am                G
But this mud looks shallow from the beach

        F                E    Dm
When we hide behind such ugly faces

        Am              G
And the dark-eyed woman lifts her head

           F                E    Dm
"Why do we hide behind such ugly faces?"
Am Am Am [Chorus 2]
 Am                          Dm          C
"Rally all your men there is work to be done"

G/B       Am                                        Dm  C G/B
Still, we don't have the time for speaking out of place

Am               Dm  C G/B
  He won't come down

Am               Dm  G F E Dm
  He won't come down
[Instrumental] Am G F E Dm [Verse 3]
     Am                      G
When lengths of snakes match each silent syllable

F       E     Dm
  "With eyes like these"

Am                      G
Face glistening with suspense of a scalpel blade

F                     E           Dm
Clockwork calculating surgical precision
[Chorus 1]
         Am                G
But this mud looks shallow from the beach

        F                E    Dm
When we hide behind such ugly faces

        Am              G
And the dark-eyed woman lifts her head

           F                E    Dm
"Why do we hide behind such ugly faces?"
[Chorus 2]
 Am                          Dm          C
"Rally all your men there is work to be done"

G/B       Am                                        Dm  C G/B
Still, we don't have the time for speaking out of place

Am               Dm  C G/B
  He won't come down

Am               Dm  C G/B
  He won't come down

Am               Dm  C G/B
  He won't come down

Am               Dm   G/B
  He won't come down
[Instrumental] Am Dm G/B [Bridge]
Am
La, la da da

Am
La, la da da

Am
La, la da da

Am
La, la da da

G
La, la da da

Am
La, la da da

G
La, la da da

Am
La, la da da
[Verse 4]
Am                 G              F   E Dm
Palms are fitted black and finely tuned

   Am              G           F       E Dm
To stomachs, swallowed whole that bayou
[Chorus 1]
         Am                G
But this mud looks shallow from the beach

        F                E    Dm
When we hide behind such ugly faces

        Am              G
And the dark-eyed woman lifts her head

           F
"Why do we hide behind such ugly faces?"