Skinny Love - Bon Iver

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Skinny Love

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[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


           
Tell my love t

            
o wreck it all
            
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]

             
And I told you

              
 to be patient

          
 and I told yo

          
u to be fine
             
And I told you

              
 to be balance

          
d and I told y

          
ou to be kind
             
And in the mor

          
ning I'll be w

ith 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]

             
And I told you

              
 to be patient

          
 and I told yo

          
u to be fine
             
And I told you

              
 to be balance

          
d and I told y

          
ou to be kind
             
And now all yo

              
ur love is was

          
ted then who t

           
he hell was I?
             
‘Cause now I'm

              
 breaking at t

                                            
he britches
          
And at the end

            
s of all your 

   
lines


[Bridge]

             
Who will love 

          
you?      Who 

                
will fight?
             
And who will f

      
all, far behin

d?


[Outro]

            
Come on skinny

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 love ........
        
My my my - my 

             
my my - my my 

  
my - my my

        
My my my - my 

             
my my - my my 

         
my - my my 


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