Bones chords by Libby Roderick

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: Bb majorBb

♫ Intro:

N.C.
I come from a long line of dead people
N.C.
I come from a tall pile of bones
N.C.
My people lie sleeping all under the world
N.C.                 Bb majorBb
Their souls turn to roots, leaves and  stones.


♫ Chorus:
 Bb majorBb     Bb7Bb7    Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
I come from a long line of dead people
 Bb majorBb           FF
I come from a tall pile of bones
  Bb majorBb     Bb7Bb7    Eb MajorEb     Bb majorBb
My people lie sleeping all under the world
   Bb majorBb      FF         Bb majorBb
Their souls turn to roots, leaves and  stones.

♫ Verse 1:
  Bb majorBb       Bb7Bb7      Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
My grandpa went by whiskey in an L.A. hotel
 Bb majorBb        FF
His dad died of Ohio coal
  Bb majorBb        Bb7Bb7           Eb MajorEb    Bb majorBb
And before him, and before that, they slipped under the ground
   Bb majorBb     FF     Bb majorBb
Fewer bones walk above than below.


♫ Instrumental:
Bb majorBb Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Bb FF  Bb majorBb


♫ Verse 2:
     Bb majorBb      Bb7Bb7   Eb MajorEb      Bb majorBb
My great grandmother’s eyes stare out from my face
      Bb majorBb           FF
Her skinny bones dance around in my clothes
    Bb majorBb       Bb7Bb7      Eb MajorEb      Bb majorBb
You can almost hear the whisper of her sweet southern song
   Bb majorBb         FF      Bb majorBb
In this voice I’ve been  calling my own.

♫ Bridge:
 Bb majorBb
A augmentedA toast to the living, watch us walk down the aisle
     Bb majorBb                 FF   Bb majorBb
So these bones can be married to the flesh  for awhile.
 Bb majorBb
A augmentedA song, a song for the living, though the flesh worries when
   Bb majorBb               FF   Bb majorBb
These bones will be leaving to join family again.


♫ Chorus:
 Bb majorBb     Bb7Bb7    Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
I come from a long line of dead people
 Bb majorBb           FF
I come from a tall pile of bones
  Bb majorBb     Bb7Bb7    Eb MajorEb     Bb majorBb
My people lie sleeping all under the world
   Bb majorBb      FF         Bb majorBb
Their souls turn to roots, leaves and  stones.


♫ Outro:
 Bb majorBb   Bb7Bb7  Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Mmhmm mmhmm mmhmmmmm
 Bb majorBb   FF   Bb majorBb
Mmhmm mmhmm mmhmm