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Skin And Bones chords by Cage the Elephant (Official Version)

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Am
F
Dm
C

Intro 1

Am

F

Dm

F

Verse 1
Am 
F 
Close my eyes and drift into the silence
Dm 
Barely see the ultraviolet
F 
Slipped and fell into the deep end
Am 
Oh, the sidewalks shimmer
F 
just like diamonds
Dm 
All the empty words were flying
Well, the heart was low
F 
but I never was alone

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Chorus 1
I never was alone
Am 
C 
Dm 
F 
I've been running for so long
Dm 
F 
All that's left is skin and bones
Dm 
F 
Close my eyes, fight to carry on
Am 
C 
Dm 
F 
Sometimes it makes no sense at all
Dm 
F 
If I stumble, will I fall?
Dm 
F 
If I fall I'll tuck and roll
Close my eyes and let the love light
guide me home

Verse 2
Let the love light guide me home
Am 
F 
Washed and fades and falls into another
Dm 
I'm not getting any further
F 
Left you feeling like an alien
Am 
F 
Oh, the sidewalks, they were lying
Dm 
Lost myself while I was hiding
And the heart was low
F 
but I never was alone

Chorus 2
I never was alone
Am 
C 
Dm 
F 
I've been running for so long
Dm 
F 
All that's left is skin and bones
Dm 
F 
Close my eyes, fight to carry on
Am 
C 
Dm 
F 
Sometimes it makes no sense at all
Dm 
F 
If I stumble, will I fall?
Dm 
F 
If I fall I'll tuck and roll
Close my eyes and let the love light
guide me home

Interlude 1

Let the love light guide me home

Am

F

Dm

F

Bridge 1
Dm 
F 
Hearts are empty almost all the time
Dm 
F 
Blind devising ways to lead the blind
Dm 
F 
And it seems as if there's no end in sight
Dm 
I don't wanna be there
F 
when it all goes down
Dm 
But if I gotta be there
F 
don't let me hit the ground

Chorus 3
'Til I hit the ground
Am 
C 
Dm 
F 
I've been running for so long
Dm 
F 
All that's left is skin and bones
Dm 
F 
Close my eyes, fight to carry on
Am 
C 
Dm 
F 
Sometimes it makes no sense at all
Dm 
F 
If I stumble, will I fall?
Dm 
F 
If I fall I'll tuck and roll
Close my eyes and let the love light
guide me home
Let the love light guide me home
Let the love light guide me home

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Am
F
Dm
C

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: BeginnerKey: C majorBPM: 80

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
Dm: x-x-0-2-3-1
C: x-3-2-0-1-0

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This is the definitive original version of Skin And Bones by Cage The Elephant, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of C major. It suits players who want to learn Skin And Bones the way Cage The Elephant intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

Skin And Bones

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