Coconut Skins - Damien Rice

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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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Chords:
         
e|-3----3-----
B|-3----3-----
G|-0----0-----
D|-0----0-----
A|-2----0-----
E|-3----0-----

/   
3-----3--|
3-----3--| (note: When strumming the G chord, you hammer-on
0-----0--|        the A string with your index finger every
0-----2--|        few measures.)
0-----2--|
2-----0--|


[Intro]

                (x2)


[Verse 1]

          
   You can hol

#           
d  her hand   

           
  and show her

     
 how you cry
          
Explain to her

#           
 your weakness

              
 so she unders

              
tands  and the

       
n roll over an

  
d die
           
Well you can b

          
rave decisions

              
       before 

         
you crumble up

   
   inside
             
Spend your tim

        
e  asking ever

              
yone else's pe

              
rmission and t

       
hen run away a

   
nd hide


[Chorus]

         
You can sit on

            
 chimneys     

           
 put some fire

     
 up your ass
             
No need to kno

          
w  what you're

            
 doing or wait

              
ing for     bu

       
t if any  one 

  
 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


[Instrumental]

               (x2)


[Verse 2]

         
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!
         
You can wait f

            
or ages       

              
 and watch you

       
r compost turn

  
   to coal
         
But time is co

            
ntagious:     

           
   Everybody's

     
 getting old


[Chorus]

         
You can sit on

            
 chimneys     

           
 put some fire

     
 up your ass
             
No need to kno

          
w  what you're

            
 doing or look

              
ing for     bu

       
t if any  one 

  
 should ask?
             
Tell them I've

          
 been cooking 

            
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