Bully's Lament Chords
Bully's Lament by Shakey Graves is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C#m with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords C#m, A, E and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C#m
Well Lanky Lenny is too tall to be lost and found
A
Too big for the cages at the city pound
E
So what will we do?
B
What will we do for fun and for free?
C#m
See the roads are getting wider and wider most every day
A
I used to go out driving now I stay off the lanes
E B
So what?s the use of looking out if there's nothing to see?
C#m
Oh but somehow we?re getting by.
A
It seems a little bit easier to touch the sky
E
But something's coming for you,
B
Something's coming for me.
E C#m B
And it?s no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
A
We?re not like the others.
E B A
Baby it's true
E C#m B
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
A
We're not like the others.
C#m
And we could not be, if we wanted to.
C#m
Oh Lazy Lauren was too small to go outdoors
A
Too loud for the neighbors too slow for the chores
E
So what will we do?
B
What will we do for fun and for free?
C#m
See the roads are getting wider and wider most every day
A
I used to love the store but now I stay off the lanes
E B
So what's the use of getting up if there's nowhere to leave?
C#m
Oh but somehow we're getting by.
A
It seems a little bit easier to touch the sky
E
But someone's coming for you,
B
Someones coming for me.
E C#m B
And it's no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
A
We?re not like the others.
E B A
Baby it's true
E C#m B
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
A
We?re not like the others.
C#m
And we could not be, if we wanted to.