This Old Skin chords by The Beautiful South

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

C majorC E minorEm FF G+G C majorC E minorEm FF G+G


Verse:

    C majorC   E minorEm
It was '96 in South Carolina
      FF             G+G
That's the place and not the goddamn year
C majorC              E minorEm
Sittin' on the porch out at Bobby's place
   FF           G+G
Just tuggin' on a Lukewarm beer

Pre-Chorus:

  FF               DmDm
And there I was peepin' like an old sidewinder
    FF          DmDm
Just an inch or so above the mud
  A minorAm           FF
The first to find out that it's rainin'
    C majorC            G+G
Is the last to find out it's a flood


Verse:

     C majorC          E minorEm
And it was paradise valley Nevada
  FF              G+G
Not far from where the west was won
     C majorC           E minorEm
I am the only black face in the whole damn place
    FF           G+G
Just a raisin' in the blazing sun


Pre-Chorus:

  FF           DmDm
And there I am like that old sidewinder
   FF              DmDm
Just wishin' that her eggs ain't hatched
  A minorAm            FF
And the chain I wear has 'em wishin' for the day
   C majorC          G+G
When it came with a ball attached

Chorus:

       C majorC  E minorEm          FF
So I'm gonna move,  right outta this town
G+G   C majorC    E minorEm         FF
 This old skin, stops weighing me down
G+G
 This old skin


Bridge:

    FF            DmDm
He was sittin' in the very same spot that Otis
C majorC             A minorAm
Sat to watch the dock of the bay
   Bb majorBb            DmDm
In the very same spot, that the ships rolled in
      G+G
Now there's nothin' but the mud and the clay


Chorus:

      C majorC  E minorEm         FF
I'm gonna move,  right outta this town
G+G   C majorC    E minorEm         FF
 This old skin   is weighing me down
G+G
 This old skin


Instrumental:

C majorC E minorEm FF G+G


Verse:

C majorC           E minorEm
Outside Orlando in the sunshine state
  FF             G+G
Has just upped itself another degree
     C majorC            E minorEm
I am the very last orange of the whole year's crop
 FF                 G+G
Hangin' dearly to the branch of the tree


Pre Chorus:

   FF                DmDm
And the wind and the spring couldn't do anything
   FF           DmDm
So I'm burnin' in the sun of the south
A minorAm             FF
That old sidewinder in the dust below
    C majorC             G+G
I'm just waiting till it opens its mouth


Chorus:

       C majorC  E minorEm          FF
So I'm gonna move,  right outta this town
G+G      C majorC    E minorEm           FF
 When this old skin, finally touches the ground
G+G
 This old skin


Bridge:

    FF            DmDm
He was sittin' in the very same spot that Otis
C majorC             A minorAm
Sat to watch the dock of the bay
   Bb majorBb            DmDm
In the very same spot, that the ships rolled in
      G+G
Now there's nothin' but the mud and the clay


Chorus:

        C majorC  E minorEm          FF
Now, I'm gonna move,  right outta this town
G+G      C majorC    E minorEm           FF   G+G
 When this old skin,  finally touches the ground
   C majorC    E minorEm    FF    G+G
This old skin  This old skin
   C majorC  E minorEm FF G+G     C majorC