Trout Heart Replica chords by Amanda Palmer

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard


Capo 5th fret

FF G+G E MajorE FF (x2)

FF           G+G
They've been circling, they've been circling
E MajorE           FF
Since the day they were born
FF        G+G
It's disturbing how they're circling
E MajorE          FF
Fifty feet from the pond
FF      G+G
Pretty often, pretty often
E MajorE        FF
I don't want to be told
FF       G+G
It's a problem, it's a problem
E MajorE       FF
It's a problem, I know

FF         G+G
I won't keep what I can't catch
  E minorEm        FF
In my bare hands without a net
FF          G+G
It's hard enough to walk on grass
  E minorEm        FF
So conscious of the consequences

FF G+G E MajorE FF (x2)

FF          G+G
They've been jerking, they've been jerking
E MajorE        FF
In a pail by the dock
FF            G+G           E MajorE
I know that oxygen might make them blossom and die
         FF
But I'm not gonna talk
FF         G+G
Feed them details, feed them e-mails
E MajorE         FF
They'll eventually grow
FF           G+G
But it's not working, it's not working
E MajorE        FF
Not as far as I know

FF         G+G
And killing things is not so hard
   E minorEm         FF
It's hurting that's the hardest part
  FF        G+G
And when the wizard gets to me
  E minorEm      FF
I'm asking for a smaller heart

FF G+G E MajorE FF (x4)

FF         G+G
When I got you, I thought that I got you
E MajorE        FF
Now I'll ruin it all
FF         G+G
Feeling helpless, acting selfish
E MajorE        FF
Being human and all
FF          G+G
And they're jumping, and they're jumping
E MajorE           FF
But they'll never get out
FF         G+G
Just keep touring, keep on ignoring
E MajorE        FF
Be a good little trout

FF         G+G
The butcher stops and winds his watch
  E minorEm          FF
And lays their lives down on the block
  FF       G+G
He raises up his hatchet and the
E minorEm         FF
Big hand strikes a compromise

FF      G+G     D MajorD
Wait, we'll trade you, wait
FF      G+G    D MajorD
Please, just one more day
FF     G+G    D MajorD
Then we'll go with no complaining
FF        D MajorD
No complaining, no complaining
FF       G+G E MajorE FF
Stop killing

FF G+G E MajorE FF

FF         G+G
Killing things is not so hard
   E minorEm         FF
It's hurting that's the hardest part
FF        G+G
When the wizard gets to me
  E minorEm      FF
I'm asking for a smaller heart
  FF       G+G
And if he tells me no
       E minorEm       FF
I'll hold my breath until I hit the floor
FF      G+G
Eventually I know I'm doomed
  E minorEm      FF
To get what I am asking for

(The rhythm is a bit weird in the end. Play FF and G+G for a normal length measure,
then the C majorC G+G FF sequence should be faster. Listen to the song and you'll be able to figure it out.)

FF G+G C majorC G+G FF (x2)

FF        G+G
Now my heart is exactly the size
   C majorC     G+G     FF
Of a six sided die cut in half
    C majorC  G+G      FF
Made of ruby red stained glass
   FF            G+G
Can I knock you unconscious as long as I promise
   C majorC      G+G       FF
I'll love you and I'll make you laugh
    FF    G+G
And my heart is exactly the size
   C majorC     G+G     FF
Of a six sided die cut in half
    C majorC  G+G      FF
Made of ruby red stained glass
   FF            G+G
Can I knock you unconscious as long as I promise
   C majorC      G+G       FF
I'll love you and I'll make you laugh