This Old Skin chords by The Beautiful South
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Intro 1
(D major) (F sharp minor) (G major) (A major) (D major) (F sharp minor) (G major) (A major) (F sharp minor)
(A major) It was
Verse 1
(D major)
'96 in South (F sharp minor) Car (D major) olin (F sharp minor) a,
That's the place (G major) and not
the goddamn (A major) year
Just sit (D major) tin' on the porch
out at Bobby's (F sharp minor) place,
Just tug (G major) gin' on a lukewarm beer.
(A major) (F sharp minor) And (G major) there i was peepin
like an (E minor) old sidewinder,
Just an (G major) inch or so above the mud. (E minor)
The first (B minor) to find out that its (G major) rainin'
is the last (D major) to find out it's a flood.
(A major)
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Verse 2
It was (D major) Paradise Valley, Nevada, (F sharp minor)
Not far (G major) from where the west was won. (A major)
I am (D major) the only black face in
the (F sharp minor) whole damn place
Just a raisin (G major) in the blazing sun.
(A major) And (G major) there i am like that (E minor) old sidewinder,
Just wish (G major) in' that her
eggs ain't (E minor) hatched.
And the chain (B minor) i wear has 'em (G major) wishin' for the
day when it (D major) came with a ball attached.
(A major)
Verse 3
So I'm gonna move (D major) (F sharp minor)
right outta this town. (G major)
When (A major) this old (D major) skin (F sharp minor) stops
weighin' me down. (E minor) (G major) (A major)
(F sharp minor) This old skin.
Verse 4
He was (G major) sittin' in the very same spot (E minor) that
Otis (D major) sat to watch the dock of the bay (B minor)
In the very (C major) same spot that
the ships (E minor) rolled in.
Now there's (A major) nothing but
the mud and the clay.
Verse 5
I'm gonna move (D major) (F sharp minor)
right outta this town. (G major) (A major)
This old (D major) skin,
(F sharp minor) it's weighin' me down. (E minor) (G major) (A major)
(F sharp minor) This old (D major) skin.
(F sharp minor) (G major)
Verse 6
(A major)
Out (D major) side Orlando when the sunshine (F sharp minor) state
Has just (G major) upped itself another degree.
(A major) I am the very (D major) last orange of
the (F sharp minor) whole years crop.
Hangin' (G major) dearly to the branch
of the tree. (A major)
And the wind (G major) and the spring
couldn't (E minor) do anything.
So im (G major) burnin' in the sun
of the south. (E minor)
That (B minor) old sidewinder in the dust (G major) below,
I'm just (D major) waiting till it opens its mouth.
(A major)
Verse 7
So I'm gonna move (D major) (F sharp minor)
right outta this town (G major)
When (A major) this old (D major) skin (F sharp minor) finally
touches the ground. (G major) (A major)
(F sharp minor) this old skin
Verse 8
He was sit (G major) tin' in the very
same spot (E minor) that
Otis sat (D major) to watch the dock
of the bay (B minor)
In the (C major) very same spot that
the ships (E minor) rolled in.
Now there's (A major) nothing but
the mud and the clay.
Verse 9
Now I'm gonna move (D major) (F sharp minor)
right outta this town (G major) (A major)
When this old (D major) skin (F sharp minor) finally
touches the ground. (G major) (A major)
(F sharp minor) This old (D major) skin (F sharp minor)
This old (G major) skin (A major)
This old (D major) skin (F sharp minor) (G major) (A major)
This old (D major) skin
This Old Skin
The Beautiful South
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