Skinny Love Bon Iver
http://www.myspace.com/boniver
Tuning: E A D G B E (standard)
*Note: This is only an interpretation for standard tuning. Chords are labeled to
with the way I named the open-tuned version.
Am: x0201x
C: x3201x
D: x5403x
C/B: x2x01x
Here are a couple of the riffs he uses throughout the song. Since it's in an open
you can let the other strings ring out:
C|-------------------|-------0---------| C|-------------------|-7-9-7---7-9-7-5-| G|-7-9-7-5---7-9-7-5-|-----------------| C|-------------------|-----------------| C|-------------------|-----------------| G|-------------------|-----------------|
Intro:
[Am] [C]
[Am] [C]
[A] [C]
[D] [Am] [C]
Verse:
[Am]Come on skinny l[C]ove just last the year
[Am]Pour a little s[C]alt we were never here
My, my, [Am]my, my, my, m[C]y, my, my
Staring at the [D]sink of blood and crushed veneer[Am] [C]
[Am]I tell my love to w[C]reck it all
[Am]Cut out all the r[C]opes and let me fall
My, my, [Am]my, my, my, m[C]y, my, my
Right in the [D]moment this order's [Am]tall
Chorus:
I [C]told you to be patient
I [C/B]told you to be [Am]fine
I [C]told you to be balanced
I [C/B]told you to be [Am]kind
In the [C]morning I'll be with you
But it will [C/B]be a different "[Am]kind"
I'll be [C]holding all the tickets
And you'll be [C/B]owning all the [Am]fines
Verse:
[Am]Come on skinny lo[C]ve what happened here
[Am]Suckle on the h[C]ope in lite brassiere
My, my, [Am]my, my, my, m[C]y, my, my
Sullen load is [D]full; so slow on the split[Am]
[C]
Chorus:
I [C]told you to be patient
I [C/B]told you to be [Am]fine
I [C]told you to be balanced
I [C/B]told you to be [Am]kind
Now [C]all your love is wasted?
Then [C/B]who the hell was [Am]I?
Now I'm [C]breaking at the britches
And at the [C/B]end of all your [Am]lines
Bridge:
[C]Who will love you?
[C/B]Who will [Am]fight?
[C]Who will [C/B]fall far [Am]behind?
Outro:
[Am] [C]
[Am] [C]
[Am] [C]
[D] [Am] [C]
Tabbed by Matthew Gruman, matthewgruman.com
Lyrics: http://www.lyricsandsongs.com/song/877591.html
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