The Handsome Family – Woodpecker (Guitar)
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Chords
From the album Wilderness
[INTRO]
G G/B
[VERSE 1]
G D G Lovely Mary Sweeney, C G the famous window smasher C G Was just a quiet school marm - Oh de lay ee ee D G from Lacrosse, Wisconsin
[VERSE 2]
G D G She took a pinch of cocaine C G but only for her nerves C G Laudanum for trembling hands, D G G7 a little bottle in her purse
[CHORUS]
C She was a woodpecker, G she couldn't help but see C All the things that hide D G inside all the pretty trees
[VERSE 3]
G D G At dusk she took a train C G just a hammer in her bag C G She went from town to town - Oh de lay ee ee D G G7 smashing every pane of glass
[PRE-CHORUS]
C G Storefronts, mirrors, windshields C G shattered in the night C G A hammer through a window’s gleam D G G7 filled the air with light
[CHORUS]
C She was a woodpecker, G she couldn't help but free C All the things that hide D G inside all the pretty trees
[INTERLUDE]
G D G C G C G D G
[CHORUS]
C She was a woodpecker, G she couldn't help but free C All the things that hide D G inside all the pretty trees
[VERSE 4]
G D G In the state asylum C G the windows caged in bars C G They soaked her in an ice-cold bath D G G7 till she was seeing stars
[PRE-CHORUS]
C G Wrapped up in her straitjacket C G her mind still hammered on C G Till the glass inside her smashed - Oh de lay ee ee D G G7 and she flew off into the trees
[CHORUS]
C She was a woodpecker, G she couldn't help but see C All the things that hide D G inside all the pretty trees
[OUTRO]
G G/B