Camels Swapped For Wives chords by King Creosote

Chords with lyrics

Just a rough version of this beautifully poetic little ditty from the kingdom's finest...

VERSE 1
A augmentedA
A majorA postcard arrives
A augmentedA
I see you're on your walk well I hope the promised land
F# minorF#m
Is more than sand and rocks and camels swapped for wives
E MajorE
Before you saddle up
E MajorE
Before your Judas knocks 3 times and betrays you to the cops
E minorEm
Spare a thought for our worries over your state of mind
A augmentedA
So what if you leave behind some trouble with the law?
                 F# minorF#m
It's not so long since your attempt to crucify their dog
                   E MajorE
Your chosen one, the one whose cross will blaze on high
                                             E minorEm
To warn us that meteoric retribution falls down from the skies

Well I don't give a fuck about that

CHORUS

B minorBm      E MajorE
(Cos you cannot)(?) be still my brother
B minorBm      E MajorE
(An ancient memory)(?), Father, Mother
B minorBm      E MajorE
Don't take them down any further
A augmentedA      D MajorD      B minorBm
Just 'cos hell won't leave you alone
A augmentedA      D MajorD      DmDm       A augmentedA
Just 'cos hell won't l-e-a-v-e you alone...

VERSE 2
A augmentedA
You swan in Craigtoun Pond
A augmentedA
Clad only in your socks
F# minorF#m
And you've ran naked in the snow

Upon your Calgary Rock
              E MajorE
You've watched us with the Devil's Eye half closed behind your mind
                            E minorEm
You know the day, the date, the time, but not the why

Well I don't give a fuck about that!

CHORUS
B minorBm      E MajorE
(Cos you cannot)(?) be still my brother
B minorBm      E MajorE
(An ancient memory)(?), Father, Mother
B minorBm      E MajorE
Don't take them down any further
A augmentedA      B minorBm     D MajorD
Just 'cos hell won't leave you alone
A augmentedA      B minorBm     D MajorD
Just 'cos hell won't leave you alone
A augmentedA      B minorBm     DmDm       A augmentedA
Just 'cos hell won't l-e-a-v-e you alone...

CODA (x4)
A augmentedA               E MajorE
Gonna help bring you up
     D MajorD
Won't leave you on your own
          B minorBm                 A augmentedA