Skinny Love - Bon Iver
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Capo: Fret 4
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
Notes:
This slight variation makes it sound similar to the mix of low and high tones
in Bon Iver's version, when it is tuned down to C.
Only four chords:
Cadd9 x32033
(or x32030, or
x32003 - give
s nice variati
on to mix betw
een these thre
e)
G 320033 (with same variations on B and e string as the Cadd9)
200233
Between the chords G and Em, you could to add one strum of:
200033
In the chorus, as a little extra:
Em7 Cadd9 G (2 strums, then slide to xxx055 and back down to G)
Come on skinny love just last the year
[Verse 1]
Come on skinny
love just las
(
t the year
Pour a little
salt, we were
never here
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
Right in this
moment this or
der's tall
[Chorus 1]
And I told you
to be patient
And I told you
to be fine
And I told you
to be balance
d
And 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
D/F# Cadd9 (trail out, strumming GBe strings)
And you'll be owning all the fines
[Verse 2]
Come on skinny
love, what ha
ppened here?
We suckled on
the hope in li
te brassieres
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 you
to be fine
And I told you
to be balance
d
And I told you
to be kind
And now all yo
ur love is was
ted
And then who t
he hell was I?
And I'm breaki
ng at the brit
ches
And at the end
#
of all your l
ines
[Verse 3]
Who will love
you?
Em7 C G/F# (bass notes only, one strum)
Who will fight?
G D/F# Em7 Cadd9 (trail out again, hammering 0-3 on e string)
Who will fall... far behind?
Come on skinny
love just las
(
t the year
Pour a little
salt, we were
never here
My, my, my, my
, my, my, my,
my, my, my
My, my, my, my
, my, my, my,
my, my, my