Shankill Butchers Ukulele chords by Sarah Jarosz

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

Intro:
F#m  E  A  C#
F#m  E  A  C#


Verse 1:
    F#m      E                D
The Shankill butchers ride tonight
    C#
You better shut your windows tight
        F#m              E                  D
They're sharpening their cleavers and their knives
    C#
And taking all their whiskey by the pint

Chorus:
                 F#m
'Cause everybody knows
       D     E                  F#m
If you don't mind your mother's words
                   D
A wicked wind will blow
     E                 F#m
Your ribbons from your curls
          F#m             D
Everybody moan, everybody shake,
    C#
The Shankill butchers wanna catch you
  F#m
Awake


Interlude:
F#m  E  A  C#
F#m  E  A  C#


Verse 2:
     F#m        E                D
They used to be just like me and you
     C#
They used to be sweet little boys
    F#m            E          D
But something went horribly askew
    C#
Now killing is their only source of joy


Chorus:
                 F#m
'Cause everybody knows
       D     E                  F#m
If you don't mind your mother's words
                   D
A wicked wind will blow
     E                 F#m
Your ribbons from your curls
          F#m             D
Everybody moan, everybody shake,
    C#
The Shankill butchers wanna catch you
  F#m
Awake


Interlude:
F#m  E  A  C#
F#m  E  A  C#


Instrumental:
F#m  E  D  C#
F#m  E  D  C#


Verse 3:
    F#m      E               D
The Shankill butchers on the rise
        C#
They're waiting till the dead of night
        F#m              E                  D
They're picking at their fingers with their knives
    C#
And wiping off their cleavers on their thighs


Chorus:
                 F#m
'Cause everybody knows
       D     E                  F#m
If you don't mind your mother's words
                   D
A wicked wind will blow
     E                 F#m
Your ribbons from your curls
          F#m             D
Everybody moan, everybody shake,
    C#
The Shankill butchers wanna catch you
    C#
The Shankill butchers wanns cut you
    C#
The Shankill butchers wanna catch you
  F#m
Awake


Outro:
F#m  E  A  C#
  F#m  E  A  C#
Awake
  F#m  E  A  C#
Awake
F#m  E  A  C#
F#m