(Listen to the song to figure out the strum at the end of the lines) Verse 1: F G Oh, I see you in your cobra nest Am All dressed up in your sunday best F G In the opal morning light Am See your gun there, shining bright Shining bright Verse 2: F G Now the storm is on it's way Am Coming here to break the day
Steaming rain F G Oh, you go shoot me down Am Take my halo, yolk and crown Yolk and crown Chorus: F G Am 'Cause I've been to the darkest place I know F G Am So you, my dear, shouldn't fear what lies below It's just bones Interlude: (Either play this) e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--9--5-5-7--9-5-7-5--------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------7------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| (or this) Am F F Dm Am F Dm F strum each chord only once, it's like the solo played as chords Verse 3: F G Now you go softly soft Am Picking out better bones than your own F G Oh, I see you creep in the dark Am Sticking pins into the rain To wash away Chorus: F G Am I've been to the only place I know It's just bones F G Am So you, my dear, shouldn't fear what lies below It's just bones Bridge: F Just bones, bones G bones, bones Am bones, bones bones, bones F bones, bones G bones, bones Am bones, bones bones, bones Chorus: F G Am So how can love bare to see you, bare to see you go alone? F G Am I can't bloom, this speeding heart's got the same bone as your own, As your own F G Am So you, my dear, shouldn't fear what lies below It's just bones F G Am And I've been to the darkest place you know It's just bones Outro: (Play the interlude melody again while singing the Bridge) e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--9--5-5-7--9-5-7-5--------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------7------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| N.C. bones, bones N.C. bones, bones N.C. bones, bones N.C. bones, bones