The Decemberists – Shankill Butchers (Ukulele)

Capo 4
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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 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
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/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/B) x2
The shankill butchers wanna catch you awake
Solo chords: 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