King Of Bones Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays538

King Of Bones by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, Dm, G, Bm, F#m and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: 
Am Dm 
Am G 
Am 

Verse 
Am       Dm            Am           Dm     Am 
Another hand on your heart, with borrowed time 
               Bm                  Am 
Your skin was cold, your soul was ice 
          Dm              Am     Dm        Am 
You only want what you tangle, inside your bones 
               Bm            Am 
Your head will blow, like a cannonball 

Dm           Bm   F#m            C    Am 
How can you break if you got no bones 
            Bm  F#m            C   Am 
How can you wag if you got no dog 

Am 

Verse 
Am                                   C    Am 
But all you want you just feel, no world outside 
Am        G   Bm                  Am  G 
Stay with my bones, stay til you like 
                    Am          G      Am 
We're only plastic toys, break down to size 
      C      Bm          Dm      Am 
Stay with my bones, stay til you like 

            Bm    F#m              C  Am 
How can you break if you got no bones 
            Bm  F#m            C  Am 
How can you wag if you got no dog 
               Bm 
I don't wanna waste my life 
F#m             C   Am 
Til the tables turn 

Outro 
       Am 
Gonna skin it all down, to the ground 
              Am 
You're gonna skin it all down, to the ground 
              Am 
You're gonna skin it all down, to the ground 
              Am 
You're gonna skin it all down, to the ground 

Instrumental 
Am C G 
Am Dm G 
Am C G 
Am C G 
Am Dm Am Dm 
Am C Am C 
Am 

Solo 
G Am C 
Am C Am 
G Am 
G Am C 
Am C 
Am C 
Am 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante