Woodpecker chords by The Handsome Family
Guitar chords with lyrics
INTRO: G G/B [alternate picking] VERSE 1: G D G Lovely Mary Sweeney, C G the famous window smasher C G Was just a quiet school marm - Oh de lay ee ee D G from Lacrosse, Wisconsin VERSE 2: G D G She took a pinch of cocaine C G but only for her nerves C G Laudanum for trembling hands, D G G7 a little bottle in her purse
CHORUS:
C
She was a woodpecker,
G
she couldn't help but see
C
All the things that hide
D G
inside all the pretty trees
VERSE 3:
G D G
At dusk she took a train
C G
just a hammer in her bag
C G
She went from town to town - Oh de lay ee ee
D G G7
smashing every pane of glass
PRE-CHORUS:
C G
Storefronts, mirrors, windshields
C G
shattered in the night
C G
A hammer through a window?s gleam
D G G7
filled the air with light
CHORUS:
C
She was a woodpecker,
G
she couldn't help but free
C
All the things that hide
D G
inside all the pretty trees
INTERLUDE:
G D G C G C G D G
CHORUS:
C
She was a woodpecker,
G
she couldn't help but free
C
All the things that hide
D G
inside all the pretty trees
VERSE 4:
G D G
In the state asylum
C G
the windows caged in bars
C G
They soaked her in an ice-cold bath
D G G7
till she was seeing stars
PRE-CHORUS:
C G
Wrapped up in her straitjacket
C G
her mind still hammered on
C G
Till the glass inside her smashed - Oh de lay ee ee
D G G7
and she flew off into the trees
CHORUS:
C
She was a woodpecker,
G
she couldn't help but see
C
All the things that hide
D G
inside all the pretty trees
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