Skin Chords by Oingo Boingo

[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] This _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Gm] _ _
[D] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ [Dm] _
is someone [G] else's story, _ [Dm] someone that I [G] never knew.
This is [D] someone [Dm] else's [G] body, [Dm] am I [D] getting [F] new to [G] you?
If [C] you've eaten away [F] the _ armaments, [A] _ something's underneath.
[Bb] _ If [C] you've looked enough [F] for you to treasure, [A] _ underneath the no-hurt layer, [Bbm] are [Bb] you hiding _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ If you've eaten away the skin, is there _ _ anybody there? _
If you've eaten away the skin, is there anybody there?
If you've eaten away the armor, is it too late to begin? _
Is there _ anybody _ hiding?
If you've eaten away the skin,
that will [C] spark a pass [F] between us now, [Am] a [A] _ [Em] momentary [Bb] _ recognition.
_ [C] Something [F] lost and something gained, and [A] something shared that feels strange.
[Bbm] [Bb] Something cold that will not go [D] _ _ _ away. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
There's a [F] hole [G] that's ice [Dm]
in a vault that's made of [G] stone.
[F] Over [D] years [F] the walls got [G] higher, [Dm]
over years [F] the walls got [G] grown.
[Fm]
Is [D] there [F] anybody [G] in there?
[Dm] In the cell with the [G] injured child?
If [D] you've eaten [F] away the [G] pain, _ is there [D] someone [F] in there [G] strong?
If [Bb] you've _ _ [F] eaten away the [Gm] skin,
_ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ If _ [A] you've eaten away _ _ the skin, _ _
_ _ This _ [D] _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ [Am] is [Dm] someone else's [G] story, [Dm] someone that I never [G] knew.
[F] This is [D] someone [G] _
else's body, am [D] I getting [F]
through [G] to you?
[Dm] If you've eaten away the [G] _ layers, [D] is there [F] anybody _ [G] there?
If [C] you've eaten away [F] the armor, is [A] something _
[Em] _ [Bb] underneath it you?
[C] _ Looking [F] up for hidden treasure _ [A] underneath _ another layer.
[Bb] Are you hiding _ underneath [Dm] the skin? _
_ [G] _ _ Is [D] there [F] anybody _ [G] there?
[Gm] If [D] you've eaten [F]
[Bb] away the [G] skin, [F] is [Dm] there [Gm] [F] anybody _ [Gm] there?
If [Dm] you've eaten [C] away the skin, is [F] there anybody _ [G] _ [Dm] there?
If you've _
[Gm] [Dm] eaten away the skin, [Gm] is there anybody there?
[Dm] _ _ [Gm] If you've _ [Dm] eaten away the skin, is there anybody there?
_ _ If you've eaten away the skin, is there anybody there?
And you feel the _ skin
Waste away in my hand
And you feel the [C] skin
[Dm] Waste _ away in [C] my hand _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _