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
Tabbed by Matthew Gruman, matthewgruman.com
Lyrics: http://www.lyricsandsongs.com/song/877591.html