Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth Chords & Tabs
Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth Chords
Credit to George Knights for the intro.
Intro
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Riff 1: x 3
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C G F
Once - The dogs have quit their barking
C G F
"Son," - my neighbor said to me.
C G F
"Know the emptiness of talking blue
C G F
the same old sheep."
C G F
Run - I'll do no more this walking
C G
Haunted by a past I just can't see
F
Anymore Anymore
C
But let me tell you I never planned
G
To let go of the hand that has been
F
Clinging by its thick country skin
C G F
To my yellow country teeth, To my yellow country teeth
Riff 1 x3
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C G F
Far - Far away from West Virginia
C G F
I - Will try New York City
C
Explaining that the sky holds the
G
Wind the sun rushes in and a child
F
With a shotgun can shoot down
C
Honeybees that sting
G F
But this boy could use a little sting. Alright.
Interlude:
C G F x4
Riff 2: x 2
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C G F
Who - Will get me to a party?
C G F
Who - Do I have yet to meet?
C G
You - You look a bit like coffee
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And you taste a bit like me
C G F
How - Can I keep me from moving?
C G F
Now - I need a change of scenery, just listen to me
C
I won't pretend to
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Understand the movement of the wind
F
Or the waves out in the ocean or how
C G
Like the hours I change softly slowly
F
Plainly blindly oh me oh my!
Outro:
C G F x4
Riff 1: x 3
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Play intro again:
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Any suggestions are welcome. Cheers.
Dave.