The Grave Robber's Work chords by The Black Dahlia Murder
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Intro 1
(A5) (A minor) (B minor) (F major) (D minor) (A minor)
(F major) (B minor) (D major) (A minor) (B minor) (F major) (D minor) (C major)
(B minor)
(A minor)
(E5)
Verse 1
(A minor) The grave robber's work is never done, (C major) (B minor)
(D major) It's (D minor) up all night and sleep (D major) all day,
(A minor) The (E5) hours are (C major) shit with (D major) hell to (B minor) pay.
(A minor) Pockets are brimming (A5) from our
(A minor) unique brand of sin (B minor) ning,
When (A minor) the (D major) ladies claw my (D minor) back at night,
I (E5) know I'm (G sharp minor) doing something (A minor) right.
I deliver the goods (B minor) as long as they don't ask, (F5)
(D major) (A minor)
Deny I'm a (F major) working stiff
like (B minor) dear old (D major) dad,
And (D minor) to (A minor) you and yours (A5)
(A minor) nothing but curses,
You'll (D major) slave your life (D5) away,
(B flat major) And for what?
(A minor) You're (G sharp minor) just as (E major) dead as
these old (A minor) fucks.
They'll never get me,
I'll never run out of stock (C major) ,
(A minor) With (D minor) every second that (D major) ticks past,
(D5) The (E major) bodies are still stacking up.
(A minor) So
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Verse 2
I've clipped a (E major) few
fingers (D minor) off to get that (G sharp major) gold
For which I lust (A minor) from the
deadman's (E major) bank and (D minor) trust,
To the (C major) depths of (D minor) hell or (D5) bust. (A minor)
(F major) The (B minor) blackened bits of (A minor) ex
(D major) humed (A minor) evid (G sharp major) ence
(G sharp minor) Embed (B minor) ded neath (A minor) my
fettered fingernails,
(D major) It's (A minor) but a (F major) smallish (B minor) part of
(A minor) what our dirty work entails.
Verse 3
Come dance with me, (C major)
(A minor) This grave (C major) yard (B minor) planet (D major) that
you've (B minor) called (A minor) Earth (F major) (C major)
(A minor) You hold in (B minor) such (D major) a high (B minor) re gard, (C major) (F major) (C major)
(A minor) It's but (C major) as (B minor) worth (D major) less
as a turd. (B minor) (A minor) (F major) (C major)
(A minor) Will you follow me (B minor) (D major) (B minor) (C major) (F major) (C major) (D minor) (E5) into the (B minor) dark? (C major)
(E major) (C major) (E major)
(A minor) (C major) (F minor) (A minor)
(F minor) (C major) (E major) (C major)
(E major) (A minor) (F minor) (C sharp major) (A minor) (A5) (A minor)
(E major)
(C major) I rob the dead (B minor) for what they're worth,
(C major) Jewels, wealth, clothing, (B minor) sex.
When the mood prefers (D minor) to (D major) carve
a sullen (A minor) path through (E major) life,
Within the fallen's shoes
(D minor) you'd turn your nose at (F major) me,
Al (E major) though I smell of sheik perfumes.
(A minor) So I've clipped a (E major) few fingers
Verse 4
(D minor)
off to get that (G sharp major) gold
For which I (A minor) lust from the
(E major) deadman's bank and (D minor) trust,
To the (G sharp major) depths of hell or (A minor) bust.
Verse 5
(E major) Haunted by (D5) faces (D minor) when I
(G sharp major) try to close my (A minor) eyes,
So (E major) deeply it (D major) festers,
(D minor) The (B minor) guilt is murder. (D major) (A minor)
(F major) The (B minor) blackened bit (A minor) s of
Verse 6
exhumed (G sharp major) evidence
(G sharp minor) (B minor) Embedded neath (A minor) my
fettered fingernails,
(D major) It's (A minor) but a (F major) smallish (B minor) part of (A minor) what
our dirty work entails.
Outro 1
May the gods have mercy.
(A minor)
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