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                     SHANKILL BUTCHERS - The Decemberists
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From the album: The Crane Wife (2006)
Tabbed by: Justin Muir
Email: HojoSeph99@optonline.net
Tuning: Standard, Capo 4
Key: Am (actually C#m)

Everything is relative to the capo.  Play the bass note and then strum the chord.  He throws
in some other bass notes other than when I noted e.g. E/B or F/C.  The E/B and F/C mean to
a regular E major or F major but instead of playing the bass note E or F (6th string), 
B or C (5th string).


[Intro]
       x2

           
The Shankill B

         
utchers run to

night
    
You better shu

t your windows

 tight
            
They're sharpe

           
ning their cle

             
avers and thei

  
r knives
    
And taking all

 their whiskey

 by the pint

              
Cause everybod

        
y knows if you

 
 don't
             
Mind your moth

        
er's words
        
A wicked wind 

        
will blow
             
Your ribbons f

         
rom your curls
        
Everybody moan

        
, everybody sh

ake
             
The Shankill B

              
utchers wanna 

       ( 
catch you awak

    
e

            
They used to b

          
e just like me

     
 and you
     
They used to b

e sweet little

 boys
            
But something 

          
went horribly 

 
askew
    
Now killing is

 their only so

urce of joy

              
And everybody 

       
knows if you d

on't
             
Mind your moth

        
er's words
        
A wicked wind 

        
will blow
             
Your ribbons f

         
rom your curls
        
Everybody moan

        
, everybody sh

ake
             
The Shankill B

              
utchers wanna 

       ( 
catch you awak

    
e

[Solo]
         
         

           
The Shankill B

           
utchers on the

 
 rise
    
They're waitin

g until the de

ad of the nigh

t
            
They're pickin

           
g at their fin

             
gers with thei

  
r knives
    
And wiping off

 their cleaver

s on their thi

ghs

              
And everybody 

       
knows if you d

on't
             
Mind your moth

        
er's words
        
A wicked wind 

        
will blow
             
Your ribbons f

         
rom your curls
        
Everybody moan

        
, everybody sh

ake

[Ending]
    
The Shankill B

utchers wanna 

catch you
    
The Shankill B

utchers wanna 

cut you
    
The Shankill B

utchers wanna 

catch you

     
Awake

/
     
Awake

/
     
Awake

/

Awake