The Handsome Family – To The Oaks (Guitar)

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From the album Hollow [Intro] N.C. | Am | Em | G | Dm | F G | C | C [Verse 1]

C           Am        Em      F
Your shiny phone will never know

     C      Am      Em     F
No electric eye Can ever show

Am    Em             F
The flashes in the branches

      F     G       C
The whisper in the oaks

     Am         F
Lala lala lala lala

    F     G       C
A whisper in the oaks

[Verse 2]

C           Am         Em       F
Tonight at dusk, drive off the road

      C       Am           Em         F
Run from the lights down through the oaks

Am   Em               F
No shopping bags, no passwords

     F        G     C
Down in the shady groves

     Am         F
Lala lala lala lala

     F        G     C
Down in the shady groves

[Interlude] Am | Em | G | Dm | F G | C | C | C Am | Am | Em F | F | C Am | Am | Em F | F | Am Em | F | F G | C |

     Am         F
Lala lala lala lala

    F     G       C
A whisper in the oaks

[Verse 3]

C        Am       Em    F
Phantoms fly the forest

  C         Am      Em    F
Twist the dripping ferns

Am  Em           F
Spirits in the shadows

    F        G        C
In root and dirt and bone

     Am         F
Lala lala lala lala

 F        G        C
Root and dirt and bone

[Verse 4]

C         Am     Em         F
Wake up, father black bear

C            Am     Em   F
Scream, old mother crow

Am  Em               F
Whisper through the forest

F         G       C
Wake the world below

     Am         F
Lala lala lala lala

F         G       Am
Wake the world below

[Outro] Am | Em | G | Dm | F G || (Repeat to fade)