The Red Shoes chords by Stephin Merritt
Verse 1
G
A bad young girl
Gm
With hair white as milk
G
Got witches' shoes
Gm
Which shone bright red
G
Gm
And had been finely woven
C
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From the oldest silk
G
C
Gm
With drops of blood to dye each thread
G
She put them on When she began
Verse 2
Gm
G
Gm
to dance
G
Gm
She heard the witches play their strings
G
Gm
Which have been finely tuned
C
Gm
To dying elephants
G
Gm
And to the shrieks of toppled kings
G
She pirouetted and she grand-
Verse 3
jetéed
Et cetera, till she was out of breath
And when the last note had
finally played
The bad young girl
had danced herself to death
The Red Shoes
Stephin Merritt
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