Machete chords by 
Amanda Palmer 
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Key: E minor•
Intro 1
Em
C
Am
Em
G
C
Am
Em
Am
Em
G
C
Am
Em
G
C
Am
Verse 1
Em
Am
I have never liked the box of knives
D
You said was a paradox be
C
Am
cause you're kind
Em
But withstood a childhood
Am
C
Am
that robbed you blind
Em
G
C
Am
Em
C
Am
Of love
Em
Am
C
Am
that was
Em
Am
Em
Am
safe and so you learned to fight
Verse 2
Am
C
Dm
D
What do I do with this stuff?
Am
It seem s like yesterday I
C
Dsus4
D
called you up
G
Am
G
C
I had a terrible case of the past
D
G
C
I did n't know how to get it off
Am
G
I didn't know how to get it off
C
Verse 3
D
Am
G
And you took
C
Your ma chete
G
And you sliced through the vines
C
that wrapped around me
Em
And you said
D
C
"I don't know what I'm doing
Am
So I'll just keep on cutting
G
It's worth a little blood to
C
get your hands free"
Verse 4
C
Em
D
Am
C
Am
I have never liked the box of knives
Em
D
You said was a para dox
Am
C
be cause you're kind
Am
Em
But with stood a childhood
D
Am
C
Am
that robbed you blind
Em
Am
Of love that was safe and so
C
Am
you learned to fight
Verse 5
Em
D
C
Am
I have never liked the box of knives
Em
D
You said was a paradox be
C
Am
cause you're kind
Em
But withstood a childhood
D
C
Am
that robbed you blind
Em
D
Of love that was safe and so
C
Am
you learned to fight
Verse 6
Am
C
Dsus4
D
What do I do with this stuff?
Am
C
It seems like yester day I
Dsus4
D
G
was in love
Am
Bm
I kept of covering the soft
C
Am
parts up
D
G
C
I did n't know how to get them off
Am
I didn't know how to get them off
Verse 7
Am
D
G
Am
C
And you took your ma chet e
G
And you hacked through the
C
woods in the surround ing
Em
And you said
D
C
"I don't know where I'm going
Am
G
I just know that i'm heading from
C
The dead things piling up behind me"
G
And you took
C
Your ma chete
G
And you carved out a path to
C
my chest and you said
Em
"see
D
There's nothing not
C
worth keeping
Am
You've felt so many beatings
But
G
Nothing's going to work if
C
you be lieve me
G
Nothing's going to work if
Am
C
Am
you believe me"
Verse 8
Em
D
C
Am
I have never liked the box of knives
Em
D
You said was a paradox be
C
Am
cause you're kind
Em
D
But withstood a childhood
C
Am
that robbed you blind
Em
D
Of love that was safe and so
C
Am
you learned to fight
Verse 9
Em
C
Am
I have never liked the box of knives
Em
You said was a paradox
D
C
Am
be cause you're kind
Em
But withstood a childhood
D
C
Am
that robbed you blind
Em
Of love that was safe and so
C
Em
you learned to fight
Verse 10
Em
Am
I have never liked the box of knives
Em
D
Am
I took it to the oceanside the day you died
Em
D
I stood out on the dock
Am
C
No matter how hard I tried
Am
Em
I couldn't drop them in
D
C
Am
And I col lapsed and cried:
C
What do I do with this stuff?
Verse 11
Dsus4
G
Am
C
It seems like yesterday you
Dsus4
D
were alive
Am
G
C
And it's as if you never really died
D
G
C
Am
And it's as if you nev er really died
Verse 12
G
And you took
C
Your ma chete
And you said
G
"boo, guess who
C
But seriously, beauty"
You said
"see?
Em
D
You get the drill now, don't you?
C
Am
It's not a will or won't
G
You can 't keep making
C
symbols out of nothing"
G
C
So I took your ma chete
G
And I sliced off your head and you laughed
C
And you said
"see
Em
G
It's just like anti matter
C
Am
It's dumbo's magic feather
G
C
You don't need me here to cut you
G
You don't need me here to cut you
C
You don't need me here to cut you
Em
D
D
You don't need me here to cut you
C
Free"
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C
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