Skin And Bones Chords

KeyG Capo6st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays537

Skin And Bones by Charlie Simpson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 6st fret. It uses the chords G, D, Cadd9, Em7 and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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INTRO:  G D Cadd9 (2x) 

Ooooooooo 

G                    D     Em7 
Well maybe it's alright 
         Cadd9                         G 
About it taking too much of your time 
                  D 
Been holding you so tight 
Em7       Cadd9 
All night long 

G                       D 
But your skin and your bones 
     Cadd9                G 
You apathy is what i need now 
             D                 Em7 
When you're out there on your own  
            Cadd9 
Will you need me around? 

G                     D 
Well don't you say it's 
                   Em7 
Don't you say it's all 
          Cadd9 
It's all a mistake 

Oh no 
G                 D 
Don't you say it's 
                Em7 
Don't you say it's all 
          Cadd9 
It's all a mistake  


G D Cadd9 (2x) 


G              D            Em7 
Well maybe I'm on your side 
            Cadd9                              G 
But I can't be all of the things that you want 
          D 
I left you last night 
   Em7     Cadd9 
To keep you close 

G         D 
But your skin 
          Em7 
And your bones 
     Cadd9                    G 
Your apathy is what i need now 
             D              Em7 
When you're out there on your own 
             Cadd9 
Will you need me around 

G              D 
Don't you say it's 
                 Em7 
Don't you say it's all 
        Cadd9 
It's all a mistake 
                G 
Oh no 
                 D 
Don't you say it's 
           Em7 
Don't you say it's all 
        Cadd9 
It's all a mistake 
         G             D 
It's all a mistaaaaaake 


G 
Ah there you are there you are 
D 
Ah there you are there you are 
Em7                      Cadd9 
Ah there you are there you are 

G 
Oh my god i've done it again 
D 
Pushed you into thinking that i thought it could end 
Em7                                                     Cadd9 
Did you really think it would never make a difference to me? 
                       G 
Oh cause you are 

                     D 
Don't you say it's 
                 Em7 
Don't you say it's all 
            Cadd9 
It's all a mistake 
         G 
Oh no 
               D 
Don't you say it's 
                 Em7 
Don't you say it's all 
          Cadd9 
It's all a mistake 
              G           D             C 
It's all a mistaaaaaaaaaaaaake 
    	

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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante