Capo: 4

----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHANKILL BUTCHERS - The Decemberists ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From the album: The Crane Wife (2006) Tabbed by: Justin Muir Email: HojoSeph99@optonline.net Tuning: Standard, Capo 4 Key: Am (actually C#m) Everything is relative to the capo. Play the bass note and then strum the chord. He in some other bass notes other than when I noted e.g. E/B or F/C. The E/B and F/C mean to a regular E major or F major but instead of playing the bass note E or F (6th string), B or C (5th string) Intro: Am Am/B C Am/B x2

The ^Amshankill ^Am/Ebutchers run ^Ftonight You ^Ebetter shut your windows tight They're ^Amsharpening their ^Am/Ecleavers and their ^Fknives And ^Etaking all their whiskey by the pint

And everybody ^Amknow^Am/Es if you ^Fdon't ^GMind your mother's ^Amwords^Am/E A ^Amwicked ^Am/Ewind will ^Fblow^F/C Your ^Gribbons from your ^Amcurls ^Am/EEverybody ^Ammoan, ^Am/Eeverybody ^Fshake E E/B (Am Am/B Am/B) x2 The shankill butchers wanna catch you awake

They ^Amused to be ^Am/Ejust like me and ^Fyou They ^Eused to be sweet little boys But ^Amsomething went ^Am/Ehorribly a^Fskew Now ^Ekilling is their only source of joy

Solo chords: Am Am/E F E Am Am/E F E

The ^Amshankill ^Am/Ebutchers on the ^Frise They^E're waiting until the dead of the night They're ^Ampicking at their ^Am/Efingers with their ^Fknives And ^Ewiping off their cleavers on their thighs

And everybody ^Amknow^Am/Es if you ^Fdon't ^GMind your mother's ^Amwords^Am/E A ^Amwicked ^Am/Ewind will ^Fblow^F/C Your ^Gribbons from your ^Amcurls ^Am/EEverybody ^Ammoan, ^Am/Eeverybody ^Fshake

Ending:

The ^Eshankill butchers wanna catch you The ^Eshankill butchers wanna cut you The ^Eshankill butchers wanna catch you

^AmAwa^Am/Bke ^C ^Am/B ^AmAwa^Am/Bke ^C ^Am/B ^AmAwa^Am/Bke ^C ^Am/B ^AmAwake

Decemberists - Shankill butchers