Original transcription by M_pony, revised by Suuuupaadave Found at: http://www.jonathancoulton.com/wiki/index.php/Creepy_Doll/Tabs Am x02210 E 022100 C x32010 D xx0232 F x33211 Bm7b5 x2323x Fmaj7/C x33210 G 3x0003 Fmaj7add11/C x33200 D7 xx0212 Verse 1 (N.C for most of the verse so these are implied by the melody) (Am) (E) (C) In a town in the woods at the top of a hill (D) There's a house where no one lives (F) (C) (D) (E) So you take a big bag of your big city money there, and buy it (Am) (E) Then at night when the house is dark (C) (D) And you're all alone there's a noise upstairs (F) (C) (D) (E) At the top of the stairs there's a door so you take a deep breath and try it F C Bm7b5 Am And the flashlight shows you something moving just inside the door F C D E There's a tattered dress and a feeling you have felt somewhere before.... Chorus Am Fmaj7/C And there's a creepy doll, that always follows you G D G E Am It's got a ruined eye, that's always open Am Fmaj7/C And there's a creepy doll, that always follows you G D G E Am Fmaj7add11/C It's got a pretty mouth, to swallow you whole Verse 2 Am E So you scream and you close the door C D And you tell yourself it was just a dream F C D E In the morning you head into town cause you want to go antiquing Am E In the store there's a strange old man C D With a wandering eye and a withered hand F C D E When he hands you the old wooden box you can hear his old bones creaking F C Bm7b5 Am And you know what you will find inside the moment that you see F C D E That someone carved your name into the tarnished silver key Chorus Am Fmaj7/C And there's a creepy doll, that always follows you G D G E Am It's got a ruined eye, that's always open Am Fmaj7/C And there's a creepy doll, that always follows you G D G E Am It's got a pretty mouth, to swallow you whole Bridge F C Bm7b5 Am And when you come home late the doll is waiting up for you F C Bm7b5 Am And when you fix a snack the doll says it would like one too F G F G The doll is in your house and in your room and in your bed F G F G C The doll is in your eyes and in your arms and in your head and you are crazy |F |D7 |F | Verse 3 Am E Now it's late and you head downstairs C D Cause you just can't sleep so you make some tea F C D E And the doll disapprovingly asks if you really need that much honey Am E You decide that you've had enough C D And you lock the doll in the wooden box F C D E You put the box in the fireplace next to your bag of big city money F ) C Bm7b5 Am As the smoke fills up your tiny room there's nothing you can do F C D E And far too late you see the one inside the box is you Chorus Am Fmaj7/C And there's a creepy doll, that always follows you G D G E Am It's got a ruined eye, that's always open Am Fmaj7/C And there's a creepy doll, that always follows you G D G E Am Fmaj7add11/C It's got a pretty mouth, to swallow you whole For more detailed information on this song, see Lesson a Week 18... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Dr6MNNnPg