Skinny Love Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

Author D.Brahms [a] 90.

4 contributors total, last edit on May 10, 2018

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Chords

C#m

F#m

G#m

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A nice cover of Bon Iver's Skinny Love.
I wrote these chords for piano, so no capo needed with guitar.
 
 
[Intro]
 
C#m  A  E  x2
 
 
[Verse]
 
C#m             A                   E
Come on skinny love just last the year
C#m             A                   E
Pour a little salt we were never here
        C#m        A                     E
My my my - my my my - my my my my - my my ...
               F#m                        C#m
Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer
 
C#m        A                E
I tell my love to wreck it all
C#m              A                E
Cut out all the ropes and let me fall
        C#m        A                     E
My my my - my my my - my my my my - my my ...
             F#m                 C#m
Right in the moment this order's tall
 
 
[Chorus]
 
  E                        G#m            C#m
I told you to be patient I told you to be fine
  E                        G#m            C#m
I told you to be balanced I told you to be kind
         E
In the morning I'll be with you
            G#m            C#m
But it will be a different kind
          E
I'll be holding all the tickets
               G#m            C#m
And you'll be owning all the fines
 
 
[Verse]
 
C#m            A                  E
Come on skinny love what happened here
C#m            A                  E
Suckle on the hope in lite brassiere
        C#m        A                  E
My my my - my my my - my my my - my my ...
        F#m                         C#m
Sullen load is full so slow on the split
 
 
[Chorus]
 
   E                        G#m            C#m
I told you to be patient I told you to be fine
   E                        G#m            C#m
I told you to be balanced I told you to be kind
     E                           G#m             C#m
Now all your love is wasted then who the hell was I?
                E
Cause now I'm breaking at the britches
           G#m              C#m
And at the end of all your lines
 
 
[Bridge]
 
E                  G#m       C#m
Who will love you? who will fight?
E                  G#m    C#m
And who will fall, far behind?
 
 
C#m             A            E        C#m  A  E
Come on skinny love ........
        C#m        A                     E
My my my - my my my - my my my - my my ...  x2
 
 
[Outro]
 
C#m  A  E  x2
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43 comments

The parts you have at the end of the verse with two C#m should really be one F#m and then one C#m. So it would look like this: F#m C#m Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer Instead of this: C#m C#m Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer

I lke putting in a Em before every Am, just to spice things up abit.. Also, i think the first of the two Am in the last line of the verse could be a Dm :)

I love this song! And really great tab!