Sticks And Stones chords by Ye Banished Privateers

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E minorEm

Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse:
 E minorEm            D MajorD
I used to be a beggar man, living on the streets,
A minorAm       C majorC       BB
beggin' all the better men, to help me get a meal.
  E minorEm                D MajorD
But here's the thing with better men, they're best at being mean.
  C majorC                        BB
So I got fed with sticks and stones, that broke me bones.

Verse:
  E minorEm            D MajorD
So I became a wicker man, to learn an honest trade,
A minorAm       C majorC       BB
asking all the better men to buy what I had made.
  E minorEm                    D MajorD
But here's the thing with better men, they're good at being cheap
  C majorC
So I got payed in kicks and spits,
  BB
and sticks and stones that broke me bones.

Verse:
E minorEm              D MajorD
Sick of the receiving end, I donned the headsman's hood,
A minorAm         C majorC          BB
Rum drunk and with sword in hand, some justice serve I would.
  E minorEm                   D MajorD
But here's the thing with better men, they never lie quite still,
  C majorC
So I got served with rotten eggs,
  BB
and kicks and spits,
  BB
and sticks and stones, that broke me bones.


Verse:
   E minorEm             D MajorD
Then I become a mariner, in the navy I enrolled
A minorAm           C majorC       BB
I learned from ranking better men, to do as I've been told.
  E minorEm                   D MajorD
But here's the thing with better men, it's hard to make them pleased,
  C majorC
So all I got was chains and rope
  BB
and rotten eggs,
  BB
and kicks and spits,
  BB
and sticks and stones, that broke me bones.

Verse:
E minorEm                   D MajorD
I begged, I worked, I fought so hard To keep my conscience clean
  A minorAm       C majorC     BB
But there is always better men Who will treat you mean
E minorEm                  D MajorD
However hard you try my friend You'll always fall out short
  C majorC
And all you get is broken hope,
  BB
and chains and rope,
  BB
and rotten eggs,
  BB
and kicks and spits,
  BB
and sticks and stones, that will break your bones!


Verse:
(nonverbal)
E minorEm D MajorD A minorAm C majorC BB E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
Aaaaaaaaaa...
BB
Go to hell!


Verse:
  E minorEm            D MajorD
So now I am a buccaneer that sail the seven seas,
A minorAm       C majorC       BB
preying on them better men for riches I can seize.
  E minorEm                  D MajorD
And if they think they're better still, I bring them to their knees,
   C majorC               BB
Then I give them a taste of the old keel and plank,
  BB
and chains and rope,
  BB
and rotten eggs,
  BB
and kicks and spits,
  BB
and sticks and stones, that will break their bones!


Verse:
(nonverbal)
E minorEm D MajorD A minorAm C majorC BB E minorEm D MajorD
Aaaaaaaaaa...

   C majorC               BB
Then I give them a taste of the old keel and plank,
  BB
and chains and rope,
  BB
and rotten eggs,
  BB
and kicks and spits,
  BB
and sticks and stones, that will break their bones!
E minorEm