Coconut Skins - Damien Rice

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[Intro] 
(0:00)
 (switch between  and ) D(1),  (switch between  and )

[Verse 1] 
(0:18)
          
You can hold h

    
er hand 
          
And show her h

        
ow you cry 
              
Explain to her

     
 your weakness

 
So she understands: 
             
And then roll 

(      
over and die! 
          
You can brave 

 
decisions 
            
Before you cru

     
mble up inside

 
           
Spend your tim

)   
e asking 
Everyone else's permission: 
          
And then run a

       
way and hide! 

[Chorus] 
(0:54)
          
You can sit on

    
 chimneys 
              
And put some f

      
ire up your as

s! 
       
No need to kno

w 
            
What you're do

    
ing or waiting

 for: 
          
But if anyone 

     
should ask? 
              
Tell them I've

          
 been licking 

  
coconut skins 
              
And we've been

     
 hanging out! 
              
Tell them God 

           
just dropped b

)         
y to forgive o

ur sins 
          
And relieve us

   
 our doubt 
  
Lalalalalalala

,     (
aaaa

[Verse 2] 
(1:46)
          
You can hold h

     
er eggs 
            
But your baske

     
t has a hole 
           
You can lie be

)         
tween her legs

 
And go lookin' for: 
              
Tell her you'r

          
e searching fo

      
r her soul! 

[Verse 3]
(2:04)
          
You can wait f

    
or ages 
              
And watch your

          
 compost turn 

  
to coal 
          
But time is co


ntagious: 
           
Everybody's ge

)     
tting old. 

[Chorus] 
(2:23)
          
You can sit on

  
 chimneys 
            
And put some f

           
ire up your as

s! 
       
No need to kno

w 
            
What you're do

    
ing or looking

 for: 
          
But if anyone 

       
should ask? 
              
Tell them I've

          
 been licking 

      
coconut skins 
            
And we've been

     
 hanging out! 
              
Tell them God 

          
just dropped b

         
y to forgive o

ur sins 
          
And relieve us

   
 our doubt

[Outro] (x4)
  
Lalalalalalala

, 
aaaa