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Kill The Messenger chords by
Shawn Colvin
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Key: A minor•
Intro 1
Am
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G
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Verse 1
Am
Am

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Jane
F
F

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it sure looks like rain
Em
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These Canadian plains
G
G

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And their windblown hair
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F
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Jane the bruise colored clouds

The smell of the ground
Em
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G
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In the ripening air
Verse 2
Bb
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I have seen you

In your fluttering dress
F
F

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And your dry face of steel
Dm
Dm

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As you're dragging your

red rowing boat
C
C

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Cross the forever fields
F
F

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Verse 3

G
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Am
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F
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See Jane something's gone dead
Em
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Inside my head
G
G

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There's nothing but fear
Am
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F

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Jane the rivers of grief

The tears of relief
Em
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C
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G
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Seem ages from here
Verse 4
Bb
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Sometimes the beauty of life

Hits like lightening washing everything
F
F

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Gsus4
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F
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Clear
C
C

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Dm
Dm

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And these dimmers of doubt flicker
C
C

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Fade out and disappear
F
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Verse 5
C
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Bb
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F
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But Jane that is a luxury
C
C

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There are those of little
G
G

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faith it seems
C
C

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F
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And they beg for truth like charity
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G
G

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And I see them on every street corner
Verse 6
Bb
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F
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They are holding out one righteous hand
C
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Gsus4
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While the other lead
G
G

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s the marching band
Am
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F
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In the shadow hymn of the scratchman
C
C

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Heed the message,
F
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Am
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kill the messenger
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Verse 7
Am
Am

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F
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Jane I heard you found love
Em
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Wriggling up from the mud
G
G

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On the shores of Granville
Am
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F
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But Jane in the wink of an eye
C
C

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The naysayers fly
Em
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Like hounds at your heels
Verse 8
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Jane they'll whisper your name
Gsus4
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C
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And you won't feel the chains
Em
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And you won't see the moss
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Oh, Jane there's an art to the game
F
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C
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The aesthetics of love
G
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The athletics of loss
Verse 9
Bb
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Sometimes someone drifts by
F
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And our nets get entwined in the sea
C
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Dm
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And in time I might find
Em
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They still mean something to me
F
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Verse 10

Bb
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But Jane that is a luxury
C
C

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G
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There are those of little faith in me
Am
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F
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And they pull me down like gravity
C
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And I see them on every street corner
Verse 11
Bb
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F
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They are masters in the sleight of hand
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C
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They are dancers and they step so grand
Am
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F
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To the shibboleth of Shadowland
C
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Bb
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Gsus4
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Heed the message, kill
Gsus4
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Bb
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C
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the
F
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Bb
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F
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mes senger
C
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Outro 1
G
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Bb
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Bb
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Am

  • F

  • Em

  • G

  • Bb

  • Dm

  • C

  • Gsus4

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Kill The Messenger by Shawn Colvin is A minor.

The primary chords used in Kill The Messenger are Am, F, Em, G, Bb, Dm.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Am, F, Em, G, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Kill The Messenger is approximately 94 beats per minute.

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