Skeleton Bones chords by John Mark

Chords with lyrics

John Mark McMillan
Skeleton Bones
From "The Medicine"
Tabbed by thechadmiller (Twitter)


All Chords Capo 2 with actual fret numbers listed here. Lead tabs below.
  E MajorE   A augmentedA   C# minorC#m  BB  A2 F# minorF#m
e|--12----12-----------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--12----12-----9----9----7----7--------------------------------------|
G+G|--0-----0------0----8----6----6--------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--0-----11-----0----0----0----4--------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--11----12-----7----x----x----4--------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--12----x------9----7----5----0--------------------------------------|

Hammer on the second note on the intro and verse chords.

Intro
A augmentedA - E MajorE - A augmentedA
E MajorE - C# minorC#m - A augmentedA

Verse 1:
E MajorE               C# minorC#m
Peel back our ribs again and stand inside of our chest.
A augmentedA                         E MajorE
We just wanna' love you, We just wanna' love you, Yeah

Verse 2:
E MajorE               C# minorC#m
Peel back the veil of time, And let us see You with our naked eyes
A augmentedA                         E MajorE
We just wanna' love you, We just wanna' love you, Yeah

Pre-Chorus:
A augmentedA                  E MajorE
Skeleton bones stand at the sound of eternity on the lips of the found
A augmentedA                          E MajorE
And gravestones roll to the rhythm of the sound of You
A augmentedA                  E MajorE
Skeleton bones stand at the sound of eternity on the lips of the found
   A augmentedA                          BB - A2 - F# minorF#m - E MajorE
So separate those doors and let the son of resurrection in

Chorus:
E MajorE      BB        A2   F# minorF#m        E MajorE
Oh let us adore the Son of Glory dressed in love
E MajorE       BB        A2     F# minorF#m    E MajorE    A2 - F# minorF#m
Open up your gates before him, Crown Him, stand Him up

Verse 3 x2
E MajorE                     C# minorC#m
We want your blood to flow inside our body, We want your wind inside our lungs
A augmentedA                         E MajorE
We just wanna' love you, We just wanna' love you, Yeah

Pre-Chorus
Chorus x2

For an easier way to play this, keep the capo 2 on and transpose the song
down 2 half steps so the E MajorE is now a D, then play everything in basic
acoustic chords in that position.

Here are the lead tabs. The whole song is built around this.

Intro
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--2-4-6------2-4-6------2-4-6-----------2----------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------4----------2----------4----4-2--------4-2--------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------0------------------|
You can play this in multiple positions, but this is the easiest for my
fingers, and all the notes are accurate. Use your wammy bar to get those
drops at the end of each riff.

Pre Chorus
e|-------------------------------|
BB|--5-7-9------5-7-9-------------|
G+G|--------6----------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------9-----------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------|

Instrumental before Chorus (you can let the BB string ring during this)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

The second time through, James leaves out the 4th fret and just plays 8
of the 6th fret... but play it however you want.


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