Palace Of Bone chords by Pete Doherty

Standard Tuning

Intro: Am C C/B (listen to the song to work out the timings, but Am is one bar and C -
is another whole bar)

Am                C      C/B
We've been a long time together
Am                  C     C/B
Time together on a snakey road
Am             C            C/B
There ain't no time spent together
     Am           C            C/B
Like time spent together on a snakey road

Break: Am C C/B

Am                     C        C/B
Winding on through the hills together
Am               C     C/B
Winding on that snakey road
Am      C     C/B
Winding on forever
Am      C        C/B   Am
Winding on that snakey road

F
What's that they're telling you,
      E
Your future? I'm telling you

They're gonna pick your pocket too

Break: Am C C/B

 Am                C      C/B
We've been a long time together
Am                  C     C/B
Time together on a snakey road
Am             C            C/B
There ain't no time spent together
     Am           C            C/B
Like time spent together on a snakey road

Break: Am C C/B

Am                     C        C/B
Winding on through the hills together
Am               C     C/B
Winding on that snakey road
Am      C     C/B
Winding on forever
Am      C        C/B   Am
Winding on that snakey road

F
What's that they're selling you,
E
Lotions, potions? I'm telling you

They're gonna pick your pocket or two

Am
And in the clearing...

MAIN RIFF (see bottom of tab)
I'm going to build me a palace of bone
     Dm                      E
With wide open walls and an ebony throne
Am
And all the broken children
      Dm          E
From every broken home

MAIN RIFF
Can all come and live in the palace of bone

Break: Am C C/B, occasionally mixed up with BREAK RIFF (see bottom of tab)

MAIN RIFF (see bottom of tab)
I'm going to build me a palace of bone
     Dm                      E
With wide open walls and an ebony throne
      Am
There ain't no blackened heart
Dm          E
No innocent soul

MAIN RIFF
Who can't come and live in the palace of bone

Coda: Am C C/B, and a quiet BASS RIFF (see below) near the end


MAIN RIFF:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------5----6----5----5---------------------------------------------|
E|--5----8------------------------8----5----3----5-------------------------|
   I'm going to  build  me   a    palace    of   bone

BREAK RIFF:
e|--5----0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5----1-1-1-1-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5----0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------2-2-x-x-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------3-3-2-2-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  (Listen to the song to work out timings)

BASS RIFF
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------7-6---------------------------------------------------|
E|--5---3/5--3/5--5--------------------------------------------------------|
  (I'm unsure whether this is played on bass or guitar, I've just tabbed it on the
guitar anyway)