The Decemberists – Shankill Butchers (Guitar)
Capo 4
Key
-
Versions
(4)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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From the album: The Crane Wife (2006)
Tabbed by: Justin Muir
Email: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard, Capo 4
Key: Am (actually C#m)
Everything is relative to the capo. Play the bass note and then strum the chord. He throws
in some other bass notes other than when I noted e.g. E/B or F/C. The E/B and F/C mean to
a regular E major or F major but instead of playing the bass note E or F (6th string),
B or C (5th string).
[Intro]
Am Am/B C Am/B x2
Am Am/E F The Shankill Butchers run tonight E You better shut your windows tight Am Am/E F They're sharpening their cleavers and their knives E And taking all their whiskey by the pint Am Am/E F Cause everybody knows if you don't G Am Am/E Mind your mother's words Am Am/E F F/C A wicked wind will blow G Am Your ribbons from your curls Am/E Am Am/E F Everybody moan, everybody shake E E/B (Am Am/B Am/C Am/B) x2 The Shankill Butchers wanna catch you awake Am Am/E F They used to be just like me and you E They used to be sweet little boys Am Am/E F But something went horribly askew E Now killing is their only source of joy Am Am/E F And everybody knows if you don't G Am Am/E Mind your mother's words Am Am/E F F/C A wicked wind will blow G Am Your ribbons from your curls Am/E Am Am/E F Everybody moan, everybody shake E E/B (Am Am/B Am/C Am/B) x2 The Shankill Butchers wanna catch you awake
[Solo]
Am Am/E F E
Am Am/E F E
Am Am/E F The Shankill Butchers on the rise E They're waiting until the dead of the night Am Am/E F They're picking at their fingers with their knives E And wiping off their cleavers on their thighs Am Am/E F And everybody knows if you don't G Am Am/E Mind your mother's words Am Am/E F F/C A wicked wind will blow G Am Your ribbons from your curls Am/E Am Am/E F Everybody moan, everybody shake
[Ending]
E The Shankill Butchers wanna catch you E The Shankill Butchers wanna cut you E The Shankill Butchers wanna catch you Am Am/B C Am/B Awake Am Am/B C Am/B Awake Am Am/B C Am/B Awake Am Awake