Skinny Love Chords

by Birdy
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Difficulty: absolute beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 4th fret
Author Amy1809 [a] 61.
2 contributors total, last edit on Oct 23, 2020
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Chords

Am
G
C

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This is the new artist Birdy's version, normally played by piano but can be played
by a guitar too.
 
They're quite simple chords, standard tuning with a capo on 4.
Am - 002210
G  - 320010
C  - 032010
 
[Intro]
Am, G, C, Am (x2)
 
[Verse 1]
Am             G                  C
Come on skinny love just last the year
Am             G                C
Pour a little salt we were never here
      Am         G                     C
My my my – my my my – my my my my – my my …
                 Am        G             C
Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer
 
Am        G                C
I tell my love to wreck it all
Am              G                C
Cut out all the ropes and let me fall
      Am         G                     C
My my my – my my my – my my my my – my my …
             Am          G       C
Right in the moment this order’s tall
 
[Chorus 1]
  Am            G         Am              C
I told you to be patient I told you to be fine
  Am             G         Am              C
I told you to be balanced I told you to be kind
       Am              G
In the morning I’ll be with you
            Am             C
But it will be a different kind
        Am              G
I’ll be holding all the tickets
              Am             C
And you’ll be owning all the fines
 
[Verse 2]
Am             G                  C
Come on skinny love what happened here
Am            G              C
Suckle on the hope in lite brassiere
      Am         G                  C
My my my – my my my – my my my – my my …
       Am      G                    C
Sullen load is full so slow on the split
 
[Chorus 2]
  Am             G         Am             C
I told you to be patient I told you to be fine
  Am             G          Am            C
I told you to be balanced I told you to be kind
    Am              G            Am               C
Now all your love is wasted then who the hell was I?
              Am              G
Cause now I’m breaking at the britches
           Am              C
And at the end of all your lines
 
[Verse 3]
Am       G                  C
Who will love you? who will fight?
    Am        G        C
And who will fall, far behind?
 
[Outro]
Am             G        C
Come on skinny love ……
 
Am          G           C
 
      Am         G                  C
My my my – my my my – my my my – my my … (x2)
 
Am         G            C (x2)
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16 comments
Yk.ck64
if you play Am, G, C. You end up playing Riptide by Vance joy.
+10
aliseaton1
You can also replace the G chord with the F chord--I personally like the sound of that better.
+4
madeleineschatz
Swap all the Am's with the C's and then it sounds mostly fine
+4