Brittle Bones Chords

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Brittle Bones by Richard Walters is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Db. It uses the chords Db, Ab, Bbm, Gb, Ebm and Fm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Db
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  			Db 
Come on, little light, you know my name 
           Ab 
It's only gonna break you in the end 
Db 
Nothing you could say could make it right 
Ab 
Only in the way of what you know 
Bbm 
Come on to the floor, you're brittle bones 
  Ab                   Gb 
Don't be a fool, don't let me go 

                                   Db 
And we danced in the dark on the stairs 
           Gb                          Db 
Like the people had pushed us out the room 

Db 
Come on, little light, you stupid thing 
       Ab 
It's only gonna hurt you in the end 
Db 
Nothing you could say could make it right 
              Ab 
Only in the way of what you know 
Bbm 
Come on to the floor, you're brittle bones 
  Ab                Gb 
Don't be a fool, don't let me go 

Db          Gb 
  And we danced in the dark on the stairs 
Db            Gb 
  Like the people had pushed us out the room 
                              Db 
And we kissed on the crowded stairs 
            Gb                         Db Gb 
Like we didn't know anyone was there 
         Db  Gb         Db  Gb 
It's nothing,  it's nothing 
          Db  Ebm 
It is nothing 

Ebm   Fm   Gb 
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh 
Ebm   Fm   Gb 
Ooh, ooh, ooh, home 
Ebm   Fm   Gb 
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh 
Ebm   Fm   Gb        Ebm 
Ooh, ooh, ooh, down, down, down 

We go 

Db 
And we danced in the dark on the stairs 
  Gb                                Db 
Like we didn't know anyone was there 
Gb          Ebm 
   It's nothing 
Db              Ebm 
 It is, it is nothing 

Oh, oh, oh 

Ebm   Fm   Gb 
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh 
Ebm   Fm   Gb 
Ooh, ooh, ooh, home 
Ebm   Fm   Gb 
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh 
Ebm   Fm   Gb        Ebm 
Ooh, ooh, ooh, down, down, down 

We go 

Db                     
And we kissed in the dark on the stairs 
 Gb                             Db 
And we kissed on the empty stairs 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante