----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHANKILL BUTCHERS - The Decemberists ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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: Am Am/B C Am/B x2 Am Am/E F The shankill butchers run tonight E You better shut your windows tight Am Am/E F They're sharpening their cleavers and their knives E And taking all their whiskey by the pint Am Am/E F And everybody knows if you don't G Am Am/E Mind your mother's words Am Am/E F F A wicked wind will blow G Am Your ribbons from your curls Am/E Am Am/E F Everybody moan, everybody shake E E/B (Am Am/B Am/B) x2 The shankill butchers wanna catch you awake Am Am/E F They used to be just like me and you E They used to be sweet little boys Am Am/E F But something went horribly askew E Now killing is their only source of joy Am Am/E F And everybody knows if you don't G Am Am/E Mind your mother's words Am Am/E F F A wicked wind will blow G Am Your ribbons from your curls Am/E Am Am/E F Everybody moan, everybody shake E E/B (Am Am/B Am/B) x2 The shankill butchers wanna catch you awake Solo chords: Am Am/E F E Am Am/E F E Am Am/E F The shankill butchers on the rise E They're waiting until the dead of the night Am Am/E F They're picking at their fingers with their knives E And wiping off their cleavers on their thighs Am Am/E F And everybody knows if you don't G Am Am/E Mind your mother's words Am Am/E F F A wicked wind will blow G Am Your ribbons from your curls Am/E Am Am/E F Everybody moan, everybody shake Ending: E The shankill butchers wanna catch you E The shankill butchers wanna cut you E The shankill butchers wanna catch you Am Am/B C Am/B Awake Am Am/B C Am/B Awake Am Am/B C Am/B Awake Am Awake