Backyard Skulls Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays399

Backyard Skulls by Frightened Rabbit is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, F and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			


Intro: C  G  F (2x) 


Verse 1:
 
C                                                 G 
All our secrets are smothered in dirt, underneath paving stones 
      F 
Lying waiting to be told 
C 
Some stay hidden, while some get found 
          G                     F 
Like our long lost soul, like a stone beneath the ground 



F        G       C 
Backyard skulls, deep beneath the ground 
          F               G           C                  G 
All those backyard skulls,   not deep enough to never be found 




Verse 2: use verse 1 chords
 
Fear lies the first time I was wrong 
But there is no sign, no X's mark this spot 
The ancient encouters with forgein skin 
All but perish by now, so you can erase the glin from those 


Chorus 2: use chorus 1 chords:
 
Backyard skulls, deep beneath the ground 
All those backyard skulls, not deep enough to never be found 


Bridge: 
            Am                        F            C 
Through the paddle of your boat, lies century upon century 
    G                  F                   C 
The skulls untold, has hushed the suburban adultery 
        Am             F              C 
And the war holes, and underneath the worms we feed 
     G                  F              C 
Lies silent skulls, are smiling at the hipocracy 


Outro chorus: use chorus 1 chords
 
Backyard skulls, deep beneath the ground 
All those backyard skulls, not deep enough to never be found 
Backyard skulls, deep beneath the ground 
All those backyard skulls, not deep enough to never be found 
     C                  G 
Deep enough to never be found 
     C                  G 
Deep enough to never be found 
    	

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