I Am An Animal Acoustic chords by Shakey Graves

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

F C G Am x2
Verse 1:
     F                 C
Mmm, both my eyes went black, all the ash inside my
G                              Am
lungs kept on melting till my heart caught fire.
F                 C
Oh if I break my back, if the smoke fills up my
G                             Am
lungs I’ll be howlin’ in the jungle choir
F             C
Whoa I am an animal
 G             Am
Mmm, I am an animal
     F              C
Now OOOH, I am an animal, oh and I
G

feel yes I feel like an ANIMAL with
F                      C
you..  oh yeah with you  (cue animal noises)
G       Am

        F    C
Oh with youuuu
G       Am


Verse 2:
        F         C
Oh yeah if every tear through the carcass with the
G                                  Am
blood, keeps on flowing till your heart gets tired
F                     C
Oh feel sick or scared, it’s just some bones left in the mud,
G                      Am
and a ghost after the boast gets tired
F           C
Oh I am an animal yeah
G           Am
oh I am an animal
F           C
I am animal
          G
oh and I feel yes I feel like an animal
F                       C
WITH YOU     BARK BARK!  (More animal noises ensue)
G       Am


Bridge:
F C G Am


Verse 3:
F                 C
Oh so sweep the debris, I got stuck with something
G                                     Am
sharp, Oh something’s stickin’ stickin’ through my scar yeah
F                        C
It feels something crazy, tearing rib away from rib
G                       Am
guess you gotta keep a famished heart
    F            C
Now oh, I am an animal,
G              Am
Oh I am an animal, yeah
F         C
I am an animal, ooh and I
G
feel, yes I feel, like an animal with
F       C
you....     (Animal bonanza)
          G
yeah with youuu…
       F        C
oh if you knew…