Culling Of The Fold chords by The Decemberists

Chords with lyrics

Capo 3

Intro:
 E minorEm  C majorC
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Verse 1:

E minorEm    C majorC   E minorEm  C majorC
Cut him up, boy

       E minorEm    C majorC   E minorEm  C majorC
You've got to cut him up, boy.

      E minorEm    C majorC       E minorEm       C majorC
He's a wicked disgrace, And he said it to your face

      B7B7
You better cut him up boy.

Take by the teeth, Get him down on his knees,
With your hands all shaking,
That'll teach him how to take it,

   E minorEm    C majorC    E minorEm  C majorC
Gotta cut him up, boy.

  E minorEm    C majorC    E minorEm  C majorC
And how...

Chorus:
B7B7         A minorAm        E minorEm C majorC  E minorEm C majorC
Ply her heart with gold and silver.

B7B7          A minorAm         E minorEm C majorC  E minorEm C majorC
Take your sweetheart down to the river.

B7B7       A minorAm
Dash her on the paving stones,

    C majorC          B7B7
It may break your heart to break her bones,

  A minorAm        C majorC   B7B7
But someone's got to do the culling...

    E minorEm  C majorC    E minorEm C majorC   E minorEm C majorC   E minorEm C majorC
Of the fold.

Verse 2:
E minorEm    C majorC   E minorEm  C majorC
Cut him up, girl.

    E minorEm    C majorC   E minorEm  C majorC
Really cut him up girl

  E minorEm     C majorC     E minorEm    C majorC
He lives by himself, In a hole in a wall

       B7B7
You've got to cut him up, girl.

You can take him in a stitch,
Dump his body in a ditch
Leave his limbs all naked,
That'll teach him how to take it,

    E minorEm    C majorC    E minorEm  C majorC
Better cut him up girl.

  E minorEm    C majorC    E minorEm  C majorC
And how...

Chorus:
B7B7         A minorAm        E minorEm C majorC  E minorEm C majorC
Ply her heart with gold and silver.

B7B7          A minorAm         E minorEm C majorC  E minorEm C majorC
Take your sweetheart down to the river.

B7B7       A minorAm
Dash her on the paving stones,

    C majorC          B7B7
It may break your heart to break her bones,

  A minorAm        C majorC   B7B7
But someone's got to do the culling...

    E minorEm  C majorC    E minorEm C majorC   E minorEm C majorC   E minorEm C majorC
Of the fold.

Piano Solo:
E minorEm   C majorC  x8

Verse 3:
E minorEm    C majorC   E minorEm  C majorC
Listen up boy,

  E minorEm    C majorC   E minorEm  C majorC
And listen up girl.

    E minorEm       C majorC        E minorEm      C majorC
It's a shallow little trench, and it's giving off a stench.

    B7B7
It's a shallow little world.

Feeling down in the face,
Could you use a little space?
When the radio crackles,
And the in-laws cackle.

    E minorEm    C majorC   E minorEm  C majorC
Better cut him up boy,

      E minorEm C majorC   E minorEm  C majorC
And cut him up, girl.

Chorus:
B7B7         A minorAm        E minorEm C majorC  E minorEm C majorC
Ply her heart with gold and silver.

B7B7          A minorAm         E minorEm C majorC  E minorEm C majorC
Take your sweetheart down to the river.

B7B7       A minorAm
Dash her on the paving stones,

    C majorC          B7B7
It may break your heart to break her bones,

  A minorAm        C majorC   B7B7
But someone's got to do the culling... Of the fold...

Oh, the culling... of the fold... ha ha ha!

E minorEm  C majorC x3

Last Bar:
 E minorEm C majorC  E minorEm
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