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(a swing-style strum works well with this song) [INTRO] F#m G#m A G#m [Verse 1]
F#mThe shankill butchers Dride tonight You C#mbetter shut your windows tight F#mThey're sharpening their cleavers and their Dknives And C#mtaking all their whiskey by the pint
[Chorus]
'Cause everybody F#mknows If you Ddon't Emind your mother's F#mwords A F#mwicked wind will Dblow Your Eribbons from your F#mcurls Everybody moan, everybody Dshake C#mThe shankill butcheN.C.rs wanna catch you AwF#make
[Verse 2]
F#mThey used to be just like me and Dyou They C#mused to be sweet little boys F#mBut something went horribly Daskew Now C#mkilling is their only source of joy
[Chorus]
'Cause everybody F#mknows If you Ddon't Emind your mother's F#mwords F#mA wicked wind will Dblow Your Eribbons from your F#mcurls Everybody moan, everybody Dshake The C#mshankill butchers wN.C.anna catch you F#mAwake
[Verse 3]
F#mThe shankill butchers on the Drise TheC#my're waiting till the dead of night F#mThey're picking at their fingers with their Dknives And C#mwiping off their cleavers on their thighs
[Chorus]
'Cause everybody F#mknows... If you Ddon't Emind your mother's F#mwords AF#m wicked wind will Dblow EYour ribbons from your F#mcurls Everybody moan, everybody Dshake
[Outro]
C#mThe shankill butchers wanna catch you C#mThe shankill butchers wanna cut you C#mThe shankill butchers wanna catch you F#mAwakeG#m A G#m F#mAwakeG#m A G#m F#mAwakeG#m A G#m F#mAwakeG#m A G#m