The Handsome Family – Two Black Shoes (Guitar)

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From the album Hollow [Intro] Am | Am/G | Am/F# | Am/F | Dm | Dm/C | E7 | E7 | x2 [Verse 1]
Am      Am/G    Am/F#        Am/F
No one's in the swimming pool

Dm       Dm/C     E7
Checkout time is noon

Am      Am/G        Am/F#    Am/F
Coke machine in the stairwell

Dm        Dm/C       E7
Cold air fills your room
[Chorus]
         F                C
But the dark beneath the sea of cars

    Bb                   Am
It wears the two black shoes
[Verse 2]
Am      Am/G    Am/F#      Am/F
Cardboard box and blankets

Dm       Dm/C    E7
Stolen shopping cart

Am     Am/G      Am/F#     Am/F
Hide beneath the overpass

Dm        Dm/C     E7
Kicked out of the park
[Chorus]
F                  C
Hide beneath the traffic's roar

Bb                   Am
Eyes like two black shoes
[Instrumental] Am | Am/G | Am/F# | Am/F | Dm | Dm/C | E7 | E7 | x2 [Bridge]
  F              C
Amazing sound, flashing lights

     G                  F
The new team, it can't lose

    F       Fm       C
But as the blue sky rises

          G                C
Shadows grow beneath our shoes
[Instrumental] C | C/B | Am | Am/G | Am/F# | Am/F | Dm | Dm/C | E7 | E7 | [Verse ]
Am     Am/G       Am/F#        Am/F
Swallow all your sleeping pills

Dm    Dm/C      E7
Shop away the gloom

Am        Am/G    Am/F#    Am/F
Scrub the kitchen counters

          Dm     Dm/C   E7
Lock the door to every room
[Chorus]
    F                    C
But on your feet, still down beneath

     Bb                  Am
You wear the two black shoes
[Outro] Am | Am/G | Am/F# | Am/F | Dm | Dm/C | E7 | E7 | x2 To fade