Bloodbook On The Halfshell chords by Danielson

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Intro 1

Verse 1

Rowing, ringing, cares a flinging

As we ride this boat of hide

All eagle- eyed and dignified

Down the river, across the great divide

Verse 2

Words beside at the highest of tides

With my bonafide bride,

she's my touring guide

And yes, we both do reside

On this riverside where we hide

Verse 3

Vacation's a lot of work

But here we are with ringing bells

And floating on this cockleshell

My pal grins, hugs the wind and sighs

Verse 4
Bb 
We realize  (B flat major) with our blank minds aside
A 
Only to see  (A major) the mystery of
many books floating free
G 
And those books  (G major) are free indeed
There's one caught in the weed,
D 
let's get it  (D major) 
C 
Go  (C major) get that

Verse 5
Bb 
 (B flat major) lovely book
C 
Bb 
Let's  (C major) grab those  (B flat major) lovely books
C 
Bb 
Gather  (C major) up  (B flat major) all these books
C 
D 
We're  (C major) gettin'  (D major) looks, looks
We're gettin' the looks
C 
These  (C major) lovely

Verse 6
Bb 
 (B flat major) bloody books
C 
Bb 
Arms  (C major) full of  (B flat major) lovely books
C 
Bb 
Freely  (C major) col (B flat major) lecting books
C 
Bb 
We're  (C major) getting  (B flat major) funny looks
C 
While  (C major) we are stacking,

Verse 7

organizing, filing

Piling way up high and rising

Dewey dusty, decimalizing

Sorting, tracking, systemizing

Verse 8

Can't believe we found this vintage

We now have such great advantage

Great they'll look in our library

Let's get goin?, let us hurry now,

Verse 9
now, now, now
D 
 (D major) Hey, hey, hey, what do they say
Collections sit and beg to play
Wanting to give, and speak with us
Bb 
But neatly packed and nicely put away  (B flat major) 

Verse 10
Bb 
What to do  (B flat major) for I've heard they are good
A 
But we've  (A major) also been told
they can't be understood
G 
By simpletons  (G major) like me,
and should never be
D 
So why try  (D major) 
C 
Crack  (C major) in to

Verse 11
Bb 
 (B flat major) all those books
C 
Bb 
The  (C major) lovely  (B flat major) bloody books
C 
Bb 
We  (C major) open  (B flat major) up  these books
C 
D 
We  (C major) takin?  (D major) looks, looks
We're takin? a look
C 
 (C major) Time to hit

Verse 12
Bb 
 (B flat major) the books
C 
Bb 
The lovely  (C major) bloody  (B flat major) books
C 
Bb 
Arms  (C major) full of  (B flat major) lovely books
C 
Bb 
Open  (C major) up  (B flat major) all these books
C 
It's  (C major) got the

Verse 13
A 
 (A major) words of one
who made the river
Blood that's flowing through the soil
I got books, I just don't read them
C 
Cleaning scraps up from the  (C major) table

Verse 14
G 
 (G major) Flippin? through with fingers pointing
At the letter and the numbers
Straining eyes and feeling better
Wonderin? how to be members,
D 
 (D major) how now, how now

Interlude 1

Verse 15
A 
And I'm  (A major) turning the page
while on center- stage
G 
It is  (G major) starting to sink and I'm to the brink
F# 
With my plans  (F sharp major) in pencil,
while the vision's in ink
B 
What to  (B major) think

Verse 16
F# 
My  (F sharp major) left brain tells me I'm a fool
F# 
B 
My  (F sharp major) right brain tells me it's  (B major) true, true
F# 
 (F sharp major) I   only am knowing one thing
F# 
B 
 (F sharp major) I like hearing good  (B major) news, it's true,
it's true, it's true

Verse 17
B 
And it's false gonna  (B major) cost
myself for these books
Taking one second look
C# 
F# 
Gonna  (C sharp major) call my counselor  (F sharp major) 
B 
now he's gonna clear  (B major) 
B 
Clear confu (B major) sion then
B 
explain  (B major) everything

Verse 18
F# 
 (F sharp major) These books steer our
ship with good news
F# 
B 
For now  (F sharp major) I got nothing to  (B major) lose
My brother remembers a thousand
I can't quote you one line