Skinny Love - Birdy

Version 1 of 11
Capo: Fret 4
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

Transpose

Autoscroll

Font size

Options

This is the new artist Birdy's version, normally played by piano but can be played 
by a guitar too.

They're quite simple chords, standard tuning with a capo on 4.
 - 002210
  - 320010
  - 032010

[Intro]
, , ,  (x2)

[Verse 1]
            
Come on skinny

             
 love just las

      
t the year
            
Pour a little 

             
salt we were n

    
ever here
            
My my my – my 

             
my my – my my 

           
my my – my my 

…
              
Staring at the

           
 sink of blood

             
 and crushed v

eneer

           
I tell my love

             
 to wreck it a

ll
            
Cut out all th

             
e ropes and le

     
t me fall
            
My my my – my 

             
my my – my my 

           
my my – my my 

…
             
Right in the m

            
oment this ord

     
er’s tall

[Chorus 1]
            
I told you to 

           
be patient I t

              
old you to be 


fine
            
I told you to 

            
be balanced I 

             
told you to be

 
 kind
            
In the morning

         
 I’ll be with 

you
            
But it will be

             
 a different k

ind
            
I’ll be holdin

          
g all the tick

ets
              
And you’ll be 

            
owning all the

 
 fines

[Verse 2]
            
Come on skinny

             
 love what hap

       
pened here
            
Suckle on the 

             
hope in lite b

 
rassiere
            
My my my – my 

             
my my – my my 

        
my – my my …
            
Sullen load is

             
 full so slow 

        
on the split

[Chorus 2]
            
I told you to 

            
be patient I t

             
old you to be 


fine
            
I told you to 

             
be balanced I 

            
told you to be


 kind
            
Now all your l

             
ove is wasted 

            
then who the h

        
ell was I?
              
Cause now I’m 

            
breaking at th

  
e britches
            
And at the end

             
 of all your l

ines

[Verse 3]
           
Who will love 

              
you? who will 


fight?
            
And who will f

        
all, far behin

d?

[Outro]
            
Come on skinny

         
 love ……

                     

            
My my my – my 

             
my my – my my 

        
my – my my … (

x2)

                      (x2)

3 Contributors