Lark Descending Chords by Half Man Half Biscuit

Tempo:
118.7 bpm
Chords used:

D

F

C

G

Dm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Half Man Half Biscuit - Lark Descending chords
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[D]
[Am] [D] [Dm]
My hands are stained with thistle milk
[F] And I can see what a fool I've been
[Dm] My hands are [D] stained with thistle [Dm] milk
[F] Look at the state it's got me in
[A]
Trying to be
[E] Mansfield's [G] very [A] own
Trying to [E] be
Mansfield's very [G] own [C] Steve [D] Malthus
[Gb] [G]
[C] Steve Malthus
[D]
[G] Steve [C] [D] Malthus
[G] [Gb] Steve Malthus
[F] [Gm] [C]
[F] [C]
[D] The fire that burned inside of [Dm] me
[F] Has sank rapidly into vacancy and chill
[Dm] But [D] now my hours of happiness
[Dm] [F] Are darkened by the thought they are passing towards nothing
[A] Yeah, that was [E] me
Down at [A] Canva's and signing in [E] to my chalet [G] as
[C] Jay [D] Buckley
[G]
[C] Jay [D] Buckley
[G]
[C] Jay [D] Buckley
[G]
[Gb] Unlikely
[F] [Gm] [C]
[F] [Bb] [C]
[F] I [G] should have just [C] got a job on the [F] bins
The [Gm] pay's better [C] and I'd know some hard blokes
[F] [Gm] And I [C] wouldn't have to pretend
[F] That [Gm] I know what [C] rhetorical means
[F] [C]
[D] I could have been [F] like
I [Bb] [D] [G]
[C] [D] could have been [F] Like
I [Bb] [D] [E]
[C] [D] [F]
[Bb] [D] [G]
[C] [D] could have been [F] like
[Bb] [D] [G]
[Am] [D] [F]
[D] [F]
[D] [F]
[Dm] [G] [C]
[N]
Key:  
D
1321
F
134211111
C
3211
G
2131
Dm
2311
D
1321
F
134211111
C
3211
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To learn Half Man Half Biscuit - Lark Descending chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - D, Dm, D, G, C, F, Gm, Dm and F of chords. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 59 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 119. With the song's key of C Major, set your capo to fit your vocal range and chord choice.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ My hands are stained with thistle milk
_ [F] And I can see what a fool I've been
[Dm] My hands are [D] stained with thistle [Dm] milk
_ [F] Look at the state it's got me in
[A] _
Trying to be
[E] _ Mansfield's [G] very [A] own
Trying to [E] be
Mansfield's very [G] own [C] Steve [D] Malthus
_ _ [Gb] _ [G] _
_ [C] Steve Malthus
[D] _ _ _ _
[G] Steve [C] _ [D] Malthus _ _ _
[G] _ [Gb] Steve _ Malthus _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] The fire that burned inside of [Dm] me
_ [F] Has sank rapidly into vacancy and chill
[Dm] But [D] now my hours of happiness
[Dm] _ [F] Are darkened by the thought they are passing towards nothing
_ [A] _ Yeah, that was [E] me
Down at [A] Canva's and signing in [E] to my chalet [G] as
[C] Jay [D] Buckley
_ _ _ [G] _
[C] Jay [D] Buckley
_ _ _ [G] _
[C] Jay [D] Buckley
_ _ _ [G] _ _
[Gb] _ _ Unlikely _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [F] I [G] should have just [C] got a job on the [F] bins
The [Gm] pay's better [C] and I'd know some hard blokes
[F] _ [Gm] And I [C] wouldn't have to pretend
_ [F] That [Gm] I know what [C] rhetorical means
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [D] I could have been [F] like _
I [Bb] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ could have been [F] Like _
I [Bb] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ could have been [F] like
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _

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This song finds its place within the And Some Fell on Stony Ground album.

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