Winnebago Skeletons chords by The Handsome Family

Winnebago Skeletons
From the album Milk And Scissors

[Intro]

G

[Verse]

      G           C       G
There's a fish in my stomach a thousand years old
    G     Em     C      D
Can't swim a full circle, the water's too cold
      Em     C      G F#/G   Em
Burnt out cars in my fingers, conveyor belts flow,
   C      Am       C D     G
right angles and steam whistles, nothing can grow

[Verse]

  G             C     G
A big-antlered deer stepping into the road,
  G    Em       C      D
A beautiful woman with her head in the stove
   Em      C   G F#/G   Em
The skyscrapers crumble heavy with rats
   C       Am       C D    G
The wind's full of beer cans and whiffle ball bats

[Chorus]

   D               C      G
The endless sea of traffic lights never make a sound
   D               C        G
Like Ben Franklin's electric kite crashing to the ground
     C     Am     C     D    G
and the Winnebago skeletons beneath this bankrupt town

[Solo]

G C G Em C G F#/G Em C Am C D G

[Verse]

   G             C      G
This fish in my stomach wears a full length mink,
     G       Em     C     D
But his teeth float in sherry in a jar by the sink
     Em     C    G F#/G Em
He's the withered remains of Rin Tin Tin
 C       Am    C  D   G
Taking his new Cadillac out for a spin

[Chorus]

   D               C      G
The endless sea of traffic lights never make a sound
   D               C        G
Like Ben Franklin's electric kite crashing to the ground
     C     Am     C     D    G
and the Winnebago skeletons beneath this bankrupt town

[Coda]