Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth Chords & Lyrics by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth
guitar chords lyrics
Credit to George Knights for the intro.
Intro
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Riff 1: x 3
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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
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Anymore Anymore
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But let me tell you I never planned
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To let go of the hand that has been
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Clinging by its thick country skin
C G F
To my yellow country teeth, To my yellow country teeth
Riff 1 x3
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
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Wind the sun rushes in and a child
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With a shotgun can shoot down
C
Honeybees that sting
G F
But this boy could use a little sting. Alright.
Interlude:
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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
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I won't pretend to
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Understand the movement of the wind
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Or the waves out in the ocean or how
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Like the hours I change softly slowly
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Plainly blindly oh me oh my!
Outro:
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Riff 1: x 3
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Play intro again:
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Any suggestions are welcome. Cheers.
Dave.
