Chords for Shovel and Bone
Tempo:
105.8 bpm
Chords used:
A
C
E
D#
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Again, pry the belly hook and a nail.
First with shovel, then with bone.
Coal and fire to the whale.
First with shovel, then with bone.
Rake the lion, catch his tail.
First with shovel, then with bone.
Little lambs tied to the rail.
First with shovel, then with bone.
[A#] [F]
[G] [C#] [D]
Black tracks, black crows, [F] feeding on the face of a [D] deer, abandoned boy,
fighting [F] for a [D] taste of flies.
Black chains, black spikes, [F] hammering the steel
in the [D] wombs of shit and mud, scabbing into railroad ties.
[A]
Four, [D#] then twenty [E] [F] blackbirds fall, [A] where metal [D#] moans [E] and [F] gandys curse.
[A]
Pitch [D#] and flail [E] beneath [F] the mauls.
[A]
Strike [D#] the bird, [E] embrace the [F] hearse.
[Fm] [A] Again, pry the [E] belly hook and a [A] nail.
First with [D#] shovel, then with [A] bone.
Coal and [E] fire to the [A] whale.
First [D#] with shovel, then with [A] bone.
Rake [E] the lion, catch his [A] tail.
First [D#] with shovel, then with [A] bone.
Little [E] lambs tied to [A] the rail.
First [D#] with shovel, then with [D] bone.
Black lungs, black breath, [F] hissed across the faces of deer, [D] departing souls,
swallowing [F] the guilt [D] and the gain.
Black coal, black crate, [F] cutting with its teeth
ash [D] and vein and skin, clawing the sludge and stink.
[D#] Four, then twenty [E]
[F] blackbirds fall, [A] where metal [D#] moans [E] and [F] gandys curse.
[A] [D#] Pitch and flail [E] beneath [F] the mauls.
[A] [D#] Strike the bird, [E] embrace the [F] hearse.
AGAIN!
[A]
[E] Pry the belly hook and [A] nail.
[D#] First with shovel, then with bone.
[A]
Coal and [E] fire to the whale.
First with [D#] shovel, then with [A] bone.
[E] Rake the lion, catch his tail.
[A] First with [D#] shovel, then with [A] bone.
Coal and [E] fire to the [A] whale.
First with [D#] shovel, then with [E] bone.
Heave on, [A] heave on.
Cast [G#] of the [G] skin, flat [F#] to the [A#] feast.
With each groan that's offered, [F#] [Bm] another mouth springs.
[A]
Surrender [E] your wool and your kin [F#] to the [B] beast.
Heave on, heave [C#]
on.
[E] Down the [C] throat of [C#] Alleluia.
Spoil and empty he got.
[C] Pry the belly, [G] hook and nail, [C] [F#] Alleluia.
[C]
[G] Coal and fire to the whale, [C] [F#] Alleluia.
[C] Break the lion, catch his tail.
First [F#] with shovel, now with bone.
[C]
[G] Little lambs tied to the [C] rail.
[F#] First with shovel, now with [C] bone.
Pry the belly, hook and nail.
[F#] First with shovel, [C] Alleluia.
[G] Coal and fire to the [C] whale, [F#] Alleluia.
[C]
Break the lion, catch his tail.
[F#] First with shovel, now with [C] bone.
[G] Alleluia, [C] Alleluia.
Ha, [F#] ha, [C] Alleluia.
Pry the [G] belly, hook and [C] nail.
First with [F#] shovel, now with [G] bone.
Coal and fire to the [C] whale.
[F#] First with shovel, now with [C] bone.
Break [G] the lion, catch his [C] tail.
[F#] First with shovel, now with [C] bone.
Little [G] lambs tied to the rail.
[C#] Again!
[G] [C] [F#m] [C#]
[B] [F#] [A] Alleluia, Alleluia.
[C] [E] Alleluia, Alleluia.
[N]
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Alleluia.
First with shovel, then with bone.
Coal and fire to the whale.
First with shovel, then with bone.
Rake the lion, catch his tail.
First with shovel, then with bone.
Little lambs tied to the rail.
First with shovel, then with bone.
[A#] [F]
[G] [C#] [D]
Black tracks, black crows, [F] feeding on the face of a [D] deer, abandoned boy,
fighting [F] for a [D] taste of flies.
Black chains, black spikes, [F] hammering the steel
in the [D] wombs of shit and mud, scabbing into railroad ties.
[A]
Four, [D#] then twenty [E] [F] blackbirds fall, [A] where metal [D#] moans [E] and [F] gandys curse.
[A]
Pitch [D#] and flail [E] beneath [F] the mauls.
[A]
Strike [D#] the bird, [E] embrace the [F] hearse.
[Fm] [A] Again, pry the [E] belly hook and a [A] nail.
First with [D#] shovel, then with [A] bone.
Coal and [E] fire to the [A] whale.
First [D#] with shovel, then with [A] bone.
Rake [E] the lion, catch his [A] tail.
First [D#] with shovel, then with [A] bone.
Little [E] lambs tied to [A] the rail.
First [D#] with shovel, then with [D] bone.
Black lungs, black breath, [F] hissed across the faces of deer, [D] departing souls,
swallowing [F] the guilt [D] and the gain.
Black coal, black crate, [F] cutting with its teeth
ash [D] and vein and skin, clawing the sludge and stink.
[D#] Four, then twenty [E]
[F] blackbirds fall, [A] where metal [D#] moans [E] and [F] gandys curse.
[A] [D#] Pitch and flail [E] beneath [F] the mauls.
[A] [D#] Strike the bird, [E] embrace the [F] hearse.
AGAIN!
[A]
[E] Pry the belly hook and [A] nail.
[D#] First with shovel, then with bone.
[A]
Coal and [E] fire to the whale.
First with [D#] shovel, then with [A] bone.
[E] Rake the lion, catch his tail.
[A] First with [D#] shovel, then with [A] bone.
Coal and [E] fire to the [A] whale.
First with [D#] shovel, then with [E] bone.
Heave on, [A] heave on.
Cast [G#] of the [G] skin, flat [F#] to the [A#] feast.
With each groan that's offered, [F#] [Bm] another mouth springs.
[A]
Surrender [E] your wool and your kin [F#] to the [B] beast.
Heave on, heave [C#]
on.
[E] Down the [C] throat of [C#] Alleluia.
Spoil and empty he got.
[C] Pry the belly, [G] hook and nail, [C] [F#] Alleluia.
[C]
[G] Coal and fire to the whale, [C] [F#] Alleluia.
[C] Break the lion, catch his tail.
First [F#] with shovel, now with bone.
[C]
[G] Little lambs tied to the [C] rail.
[F#] First with shovel, now with [C] bone.
Pry the belly, hook and nail.
[F#] First with shovel, [C] Alleluia.
[G] Coal and fire to the [C] whale, [F#] Alleluia.
[C]
Break the lion, catch his tail.
[F#] First with shovel, now with [C] bone.
[G] Alleluia, [C] Alleluia.
Ha, [F#] ha, [C] Alleluia.
Pry the [G] belly, hook and [C] nail.
First with [F#] shovel, now with [G] bone.
Coal and fire to the [C] whale.
[F#] First with shovel, now with [C] bone.
Break [G] the lion, catch his [C] tail.
[F#] First with shovel, now with [C] bone.
Little [G] lambs tied to the rail.
[C#] Again!
[G] [C] [F#m] [C#]
[B] [F#] [A] Alleluia, Alleluia.
[C] [E] Alleluia, Alleluia.
[N]
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Alleluia.
Key:
A
C
E
D#
F
A
C
E
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Again, pry the belly hook and a nail.
First with shovel, then with bone.
Coal and fire to the whale.
First with shovel, then with bone.
Rake the lion, catch his tail.
First with shovel, then with bone.
Little lambs tied to the rail.
First with shovel, then with bone.
_ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ [F] _
[G] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _
Black tracks, black crows, [F] feeding on the face of a [D] deer, abandoned boy,
fighting [F] for a [D] taste of flies.
Black chains, black spikes, [F] hammering the steel
in the [D] wombs of shit and mud, scabbing into railroad ties.
_ _ [A]
Four, [D#] then twenty [E] _ [F] blackbirds fall, [A] where metal [D#] moans [E] and [F] gandys curse.
[A]
Pitch [D#] and flail [E] beneath [F] the mauls.
[A]
Strike [D#] the bird, [E] embrace the [F] hearse.
_ [Fm] _ [A] Again, pry the [E] belly hook and a [A] nail.
First with [D#] shovel, then with [A] bone.
Coal and [E] fire to the [A] whale.
First [D#] with shovel, then with [A] bone.
Rake [E] the lion, catch his [A] tail.
First [D#] with shovel, then with [A] bone.
Little [E] lambs tied to [A] the rail.
First [D#] with shovel, then with [D] bone.
Black lungs, black breath, [F] hissed across the faces of deer, [D] departing souls,
swallowing [F] the guilt [D] and the gain.
Black coal, black crate, [F] cutting with its teeth
ash [D] and vein and skin, clawing the sludge and stink.
_ _ [D#] Four, then twenty [E]
[F] blackbirds fall, [A] where metal [D#] moans [E] and [F] gandys curse.
[A] [D#] Pitch and flail [E] beneath [F] the mauls.
[A] [D#] Strike the bird, [E] embrace the [F] hearse.
_ _ AGAIN!
[A]
[E] Pry the belly hook and [A] nail.
[D#] First with shovel, then with bone.
[A]
Coal and [E] fire to the whale.
First with [D#] shovel, then with [A] bone.
[E] Rake the lion, catch his tail.
[A] First with [D#] shovel, then with [A] bone.
Coal and [E] fire to the [A] whale.
First with [D#] shovel, then with [E] bone.
_ Heave on, [A] _ _ heave on.
Cast [G#] of the [G] skin, flat [F#] to the [A#] feast.
With each groan that's offered, [F#] [Bm] another mouth springs.
[A]
Surrender [E] your wool and your kin [F#] to the [B] beast.
_ Heave on, heave _ [C#]
on.
[E] Down the [C] throat of _ _ [C#] Alleluia.
Spoil and empty he got.
_ _ [C] Pry the belly, [G] hook and nail, [C] _ [F#] Alleluia.
_ [C]
[G] Coal and fire to the whale, [C] _ [F#] Alleluia.
[C] Break the lion, catch his tail.
First [F#] with shovel, now with bone.
[C]
[G] Little lambs tied to the [C] rail.
[F#] First with shovel, now with [C] bone.
Pry the belly, hook and nail.
[F#] First with shovel, [C] Alleluia.
[G] Coal and fire to the [C] whale, [F#] Alleluia.
_ [C]
Break the lion, catch his tail.
[F#] First with shovel, now with [C] bone.
[G] _ Alleluia, [C] Alleluia.
Ha, [F#] ha, [C] Alleluia.
Pry the [G] belly, hook and [C] nail.
First with [F#] shovel, now with [G] bone.
Coal and fire to the [C] whale.
[F#] First with shovel, now with [C] bone.
Break [G] the lion, catch his [C] tail.
[F#] First with shovel, now with [C] bone.
Little [G] lambs tied to the rail.
[C#] _ _ Again!
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [C#] _
[B] _ _ _ [F#] _ [A] Alleluia, _ Alleluia.
[C] _ [E] Alleluia, Alleluia.
_ [N]
Alleluia, Alleluia.
_ Alleluia. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Again, pry the belly hook and a nail.
First with shovel, then with bone.
Coal and fire to the whale.
First with shovel, then with bone.
Rake the lion, catch his tail.
First with shovel, then with bone.
Little lambs tied to the rail.
First with shovel, then with bone.
_ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ [F] _
[G] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _
Black tracks, black crows, [F] feeding on the face of a [D] deer, abandoned boy,
fighting [F] for a [D] taste of flies.
Black chains, black spikes, [F] hammering the steel
in the [D] wombs of shit and mud, scabbing into railroad ties.
_ _ [A]
Four, [D#] then twenty [E] _ [F] blackbirds fall, [A] where metal [D#] moans [E] and [F] gandys curse.
[A]
Pitch [D#] and flail [E] beneath [F] the mauls.
[A]
Strike [D#] the bird, [E] embrace the [F] hearse.
_ [Fm] _ [A] Again, pry the [E] belly hook and a [A] nail.
First with [D#] shovel, then with [A] bone.
Coal and [E] fire to the [A] whale.
First [D#] with shovel, then with [A] bone.
Rake [E] the lion, catch his [A] tail.
First [D#] with shovel, then with [A] bone.
Little [E] lambs tied to [A] the rail.
First [D#] with shovel, then with [D] bone.
Black lungs, black breath, [F] hissed across the faces of deer, [D] departing souls,
swallowing [F] the guilt [D] and the gain.
Black coal, black crate, [F] cutting with its teeth
ash [D] and vein and skin, clawing the sludge and stink.
_ _ [D#] Four, then twenty [E]
[F] blackbirds fall, [A] where metal [D#] moans [E] and [F] gandys curse.
[A] [D#] Pitch and flail [E] beneath [F] the mauls.
[A] [D#] Strike the bird, [E] embrace the [F] hearse.
_ _ AGAIN!
[A]
[E] Pry the belly hook and [A] nail.
[D#] First with shovel, then with bone.
[A]
Coal and [E] fire to the whale.
First with [D#] shovel, then with [A] bone.
[E] Rake the lion, catch his tail.
[A] First with [D#] shovel, then with [A] bone.
Coal and [E] fire to the [A] whale.
First with [D#] shovel, then with [E] bone.
_ Heave on, [A] _ _ heave on.
Cast [G#] of the [G] skin, flat [F#] to the [A#] feast.
With each groan that's offered, [F#] [Bm] another mouth springs.
[A]
Surrender [E] your wool and your kin [F#] to the [B] beast.
_ Heave on, heave _ [C#]
on.
[E] Down the [C] throat of _ _ [C#] Alleluia.
Spoil and empty he got.
_ _ [C] Pry the belly, [G] hook and nail, [C] _ [F#] Alleluia.
_ [C]
[G] Coal and fire to the whale, [C] _ [F#] Alleluia.
[C] Break the lion, catch his tail.
First [F#] with shovel, now with bone.
[C]
[G] Little lambs tied to the [C] rail.
[F#] First with shovel, now with [C] bone.
Pry the belly, hook and nail.
[F#] First with shovel, [C] Alleluia.
[G] Coal and fire to the [C] whale, [F#] Alleluia.
_ [C]
Break the lion, catch his tail.
[F#] First with shovel, now with [C] bone.
[G] _ Alleluia, [C] Alleluia.
Ha, [F#] ha, [C] Alleluia.
Pry the [G] belly, hook and [C] nail.
First with [F#] shovel, now with [G] bone.
Coal and fire to the [C] whale.
[F#] First with shovel, now with [C] bone.
Break [G] the lion, catch his [C] tail.
[F#] First with shovel, now with [C] bone.
Little [G] lambs tied to the rail.
[C#] _ _ Again!
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [C#] _
[B] _ _ _ [F#] _ [A] Alleluia, _ Alleluia.
[C] _ [E] Alleluia, Alleluia.
_ [N]
Alleluia, Alleluia.
_ Alleluia. _ _