Backyard Skulls chords by Frightened Rabbit

SimplifiedAm · F · G · C · Em

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
All our secrets are smothered in dirt,
G 
underneath paving stones
Am 
Em 
Lying waiting to be told
C 
Some stay hidden, while some get found
G 
Like our long lost soul,
Am 
Em 
like a stone beneath the ground

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Verse 2

Backyard skulls,

deep beneath the ground

All those backyard skulls,

not deep enough to never be found

Interlude 1

Verse 3
C 
Fear lies the first time,
Am 
C 
but I was wrong
Am 
G 
There is no more sign,
Am 
Em 
no X's mark this spot
C 
Am 
The ancient encounters
C 
with foreign skin
Am 
G 
All but perish by now,
Am 
Guess you can't  erase
Em 
C 
the grin from those
Em 
Backyard

Verse 4

skulls,

deep beneath the ground

All those backyard skulls,

not deep enough to never be found

Verse 5
Am 
Through the paddle of  your boat,
F 
C 
lies century upon century
G 
The skulls  untold,
F 
C 
has hushed the suburban adultery
Am 
And the war holes,
F 
C 
and underneath the worms we feed
G 
C 
Lies silent skulls,
F 
G 
C 
are smiling at the hipocracy
F 
Backyard skulls,

Verse 6
G 
Am 
deep beneath the ground
Em 
Am 
F 
All those backyard skulls,
C 
G 
not deep enough to never be found
F 
Backyard skulls,
G 
C 
F 
deep beneath the ground
Am 
All those backyard skulls,
F 
C 
G 
not deep enough to never be found
F 
G 
Deep enough to never be found
F 
G 
Deep enough to never be found
F 
G 
C 