Eat Your Young chords by Hozier

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd
• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: G minorGm

🎸 Intro:

E minorEm  D MajorD  A7A7  C majorC  (x2)


🎸 Verse 1:
   E minorEm
I'm starvin', darlin'
 D MajorD
Let me put my lips to something
A7A7                C majorC
Let me wrap my teeth around the world
    E minorEm
Start carvin', darlin'
  D MajorD
I wanna smell the dinner cooking
  A7A7              C majorC
I wanna feel the edges start to burn

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
    C majorC    A7A7
Honey
I wanna race you to the table
E minorEm          D MajorD
If you hesitate, the gettin' is gone
     C majorC        A7A7
I won't lie if there's something to be gained
     E minorEm          D MajorD
There's money to be made, whatever's still to come

🎸 Chorus:
E minorEm
Get some
               D MajorD
Pull up the ladder when the flood comes
               A7A7
Throw enough rope until the legs have swung
               C majorC
Seven new ways that you can eat your young
     E minorEm
Come and get some
               D MajorD
Skinning the children for a war drum
                  A7A7
Putting food on the table selling bombs and guns
              C majorC
It's quicker and easier to eat your young

Post-Chorus 🎸 Instrumental:
E minorEm  D MajorD  A7A7  C majorC
E minorEm  D MajorD  A7A7  C majorC

🎸 Verse 2:
     E minorEm
You can't buy this fineness
 D MajorD
Let me see the heat get to you
A7A7                 C majorC
Let me watch the dressing start to peel
    E minorEm
It's a kindness, highness
 D MajorD
Crumbs are not for everyone
A7A7                C majorC
Old and young are welcome to the meal

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
     C majorC     A7A7
Honey
I'm makin' sure the table's made
E minorEm           D MajorD
We can celebrate, the good that we've done
     C majorC       A7A7
I won't lie if there's something still to take
 E minorEm              D MajorD
There is ground to blame, whatever's still to come

🎸 Chorus:
E minorEm
Get some
               D MajorD
Pull up the ladder when the flood comes
               A7A7
Throw enough rope until the legs have swung
               C majorC
Seven new ways that you can eat your young
     E minorEm
Come and get some
               D MajorD
Skinning the children for a war drum
                  A7A7
Putting food on the table selling bombs and guns
              C majorC
It's quicker and easier to eat your young

🎸 Outro:
E minorEm  D MajorD  A7A7  C majorC
E minorEm  D MajorD  A7A7  C majorC

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