Chords for Iron and Wine - Biting Your Tail (Acoustic from Session)
Tempo:
67.9 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
E
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] Alright, this song is called Biting Your Tail.
[Ab] [G] [D]
[A] [D]
[Gm] [G] [D]
[E] [A] [D]
May your mouth betray your [G] wisdom, may you get what they fail to [D] mention.
May your love be your only [A] religion, and preach it to us all.
[D]
May you lose what you offer [G] gladly, and may you worship the time and its [D] passing.
[A] The stars won't ever wait for you [D] to watch them fall.
[B]
[E] We're [G] the smoke on a burned horizon, we're the boat on a tide [D] that's rising.
Both [E] the post and the pig you're [A] untying, the butcher gone for [E] the blade.
[B]
[E] Someday we may [G] all be happy, someday I'll make a face worth [D] slapping.
Someday we may be [E] shocked to [A] be laughing at the way we behave.
[D]
May your hands be strong and [G] willing, and may you know when to speak and [D] to listen.
May you find every friend that [A] you're missing, there's no checking the make.
[D]
May you end dead bruised [G] and purple, and know that peace is the shape of [D] a circle.
Cause [A] round and round you'll go, [D] biting your tail.
[G] [D]
[E] [A]
[D] [G] [D]
[A] We're [D] [Bm]
the children the wind [G] is whipping, the short hands on a clock [D] still ticking.
Both the egg and the red [A] fox grinning, his belly full for the [Bm] day.
Someday we may all [G] want nothing, and all forget that we'll get [D] what's coming.
Someday I'll say the world was [A] something that we just couldn't change.
[D]
May your tongue be [E] something [G] wicked, [E] and know [G] your part in the calf and [D] the killing.
And see straight through the captain you're [A] kissing, the helm loose in his [D] hands.
May your words be well worth [G] stealing, and put your hand on your heart when you're [D] singing.
[E] The choir's [A] sick of the song but they [D] still gotta stand.
[A] [D]
[Ab] [G] [D]
[A] [D]
[Gm] [G] [D]
[E] [A] [D]
May your mouth betray your [G] wisdom, may you get what they fail to [D] mention.
May your love be your only [A] religion, and preach it to us all.
[D]
May you lose what you offer [G] gladly, and may you worship the time and its [D] passing.
[A] The stars won't ever wait for you [D] to watch them fall.
[B]
[E] We're [G] the smoke on a burned horizon, we're the boat on a tide [D] that's rising.
Both [E] the post and the pig you're [A] untying, the butcher gone for [E] the blade.
[B]
[E] Someday we may [G] all be happy, someday I'll make a face worth [D] slapping.
Someday we may be [E] shocked to [A] be laughing at the way we behave.
[D]
May your hands be strong and [G] willing, and may you know when to speak and [D] to listen.
May you find every friend that [A] you're missing, there's no checking the make.
[D]
May you end dead bruised [G] and purple, and know that peace is the shape of [D] a circle.
Cause [A] round and round you'll go, [D] biting your tail.
[G] [D]
[E] [A]
[D] [G] [D]
[A] We're [D] [Bm]
the children the wind [G] is whipping, the short hands on a clock [D] still ticking.
Both the egg and the red [A] fox grinning, his belly full for the [Bm] day.
Someday we may all [G] want nothing, and all forget that we'll get [D] what's coming.
Someday I'll say the world was [A] something that we just couldn't change.
[D]
May your tongue be [E] something [G] wicked, [E] and know [G] your part in the calf and [D] the killing.
And see straight through the captain you're [A] kissing, the helm loose in his [D] hands.
May your words be well worth [G] stealing, and put your hand on your heart when you're [D] singing.
[E] The choir's [A] sick of the song but they [D] still gotta stand.
[A] [D]
Key:
D
G
A
E
B
D
G
A
[D] _ Alright, this song is called Biting Your Tail. _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
May your mouth betray your [G] wisdom, may you get what they fail to [D] mention.
May your love be your only [A] religion, and preach it to us all.
[D]
May you lose what you offer [G] gladly, and may you worship the time and its [D] passing.
[A] The stars won't ever wait for you [D] to watch them fall.
_ _ [B]
[E] We're [G] the smoke on a burned horizon, we're the boat on a tide [D] that's rising.
Both [E] the post and the pig you're [A] untying, the butcher gone for [E] the blade.
[B] _
[E] Someday we may [G] all be happy, someday I'll make a face worth [D] slapping.
Someday we may be [E] shocked to [A] be laughing at the way we behave.
[D]
May your hands be strong and [G] willing, and may you know when to speak and [D] to listen.
May you find every friend that [A] you're missing, there's no checking the make.
[D]
May you end dead bruised [G] and purple, and know that peace is the shape of [D] a circle.
Cause [A] round and round you'll go, [D] biting your tail. _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ We're [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _
the children the wind [G] is whipping, the short hands on a clock [D] still ticking.
Both the egg and the red [A] fox grinning, his belly full for the [Bm] day.
Someday we may all [G] want nothing, and all forget that we'll get [D] what's coming.
Someday I'll say the world was [A] something that we just couldn't change.
[D]
May your tongue be [E] something [G] wicked, [E] and know [G] your part in the calf and [D] the killing.
And see straight through the captain you're [A] kissing, the helm loose in his [D] hands.
May your words be well worth [G] stealing, and put your hand on your heart when you're [D] singing.
[E] The choir's [A] sick of the song but they [D] still gotta stand. _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
May your mouth betray your [G] wisdom, may you get what they fail to [D] mention.
May your love be your only [A] religion, and preach it to us all.
[D]
May you lose what you offer [G] gladly, and may you worship the time and its [D] passing.
[A] The stars won't ever wait for you [D] to watch them fall.
_ _ [B]
[E] We're [G] the smoke on a burned horizon, we're the boat on a tide [D] that's rising.
Both [E] the post and the pig you're [A] untying, the butcher gone for [E] the blade.
[B] _
[E] Someday we may [G] all be happy, someday I'll make a face worth [D] slapping.
Someday we may be [E] shocked to [A] be laughing at the way we behave.
[D]
May your hands be strong and [G] willing, and may you know when to speak and [D] to listen.
May you find every friend that [A] you're missing, there's no checking the make.
[D]
May you end dead bruised [G] and purple, and know that peace is the shape of [D] a circle.
Cause [A] round and round you'll go, [D] biting your tail. _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ We're [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _
the children the wind [G] is whipping, the short hands on a clock [D] still ticking.
Both the egg and the red [A] fox grinning, his belly full for the [Bm] day.
Someday we may all [G] want nothing, and all forget that we'll get [D] what's coming.
Someday I'll say the world was [A] something that we just couldn't change.
[D]
May your tongue be [E] something [G] wicked, [E] and know [G] your part in the calf and [D] the killing.
And see straight through the captain you're [A] kissing, the helm loose in his [D] hands.
May your words be well worth [G] stealing, and put your hand on your heart when you're [D] singing.
[E] The choir's [A] sick of the song but they [D] still gotta stand. _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _