Skinny Love


Bon Iver Skinny Love http://www.myspace.com/boniver Tuning: E A D G B e (standard) *Note: This is only an interpretation for standard tuning. Chords are labeled to with the way I named the open-tuned version. Am: x0201x C: x3201x D: x5403x C/B: x2x01x Here are a couple of the riffs he uses throughout the song. Since it's in an open you can let the other strings ring out: C|-------------------|-------0---------| C|-------------------|-7-9-7---7-9-7-5-| G|-7-9-7-5---7-9-7-5-|-----------------| C|-------------------|-----------------| C|-------------------|-----------------| G|-------------------|-----------------| Intro: Am C Am C A C D Am C Verse: Am C Come on skinny love just last the year Am C Pour a little salt we were never here Am C My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my D Am C Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer Am C I tell my love to wreck it all Am C Cut out all the ropes and let me fall Am C My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my D Am Right in the moment this order's tall Chorus: C I told you to be patient C/B Am I told you to be fine C I told you to be balanced C/B Am I told you to be kind C In the morning I'll be with you C/B Am But it will be a different "kind" C I'll be holding all the tickets C/B Am And you'll be owning all the fines Verse: Am C Come on skinny love what happened here Am C Suckle on the hope in lite brassiere Am C My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my D Am Sullen load is full; so slow on the split C Chorus: C I told you to be patient C/B Am I told you to be fine C I told you to be balanced C/B Am I told you to be kind C Now all your love is wasted? C/B Am Then who the hell was I? C Now I'm breaking at the britches C/B Am And at the end of all your lines Bridge: C Who will love you? C/B Am Who will fight? C C/B Am Who will fall far behind? Outro: Am C Am C Am C D Am C Lyrics: http://www.lyricsandsongs.com/song/877591.html