Blood And Bone Chords

KeyDm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays485

Blood And Bone by Will Varley is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Dm, C, Am and G. 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 Dm 

Dm 
Men are made From blood and bone 
      C               Dm 
Like metals made from dust 
Am 
Men are bound to die alone 
     G                 Dm 
Like metals bound to rust 

verse 1 
Dm           C                 Dm 
Late, late, late night on the hill 
      Am                          G             Dm 
The poet came a knocking on the shamans window sill 
Dm                        C        Dm 
Help me my words don't visit anymore 
      Am                        G                  Dm 
The shaman he laughed picked a mouse up from the floor 

      Dm                           C              Dm 
They sat there in the dark whilst a mooty was prepared 
           Am                      G            Dm 
From the blood of the mouse and an eagles head 
Dm                                   C         Dm 
Drink this said the shaman, it will calm you mind 
       Am                                        G               Dm 
I promise the words will flow from you like the rain from the sky 

       Dm                       C           Dm 
So the poet he drank, till the glass was bare 
      Am                     G             Dm 
While outside a nightingale sang in the air 
 Dm                               C              Dm 
Thank you said the poet, may the gods bless your soul 
    Am                              G               Dm 
He shook the old mans hand, walked out into the cold 

Dm                             C               Dm 
Early the next morning as the sun began to rise 
   Am                        G               Dm 
Screams rang out across the old diamond mines 
    Dm                  C        Dm 
My lover, My lover, My lover is dead 
Am                        G            Dm 
Next to his wife lay the poet In his bed 

Dm 
Men are made From blood and bone 
      C               Dm 
Like metals made from dust 
Am 
Men are bound to die alone 
     G                 Dm 
Like metals bound to rust 

verse 2 
Dm                                  C             Dm 
After many years past and gone and many tears cried 
      Am                         G              Dm 
Still no one could console the poor old poets bride 
Dm                            C            Dm 
For in this life or the next still she implored 
      Am                          G                 Dm 
That one of these days she would see her love once more 

     Dm                               C              Dm 
Then one day in the winter while the famines took a hold 
Am                       G                Dm 
Into a tavern walked a stranger from the cold 
            Dm                           C              Dm 
Said I'm looking for my lover I've been away for many years 
     Am              G                  Dm 
The poets widow was summoned from her tears 

         Dm                       C             Dm 
If it's you said the widow then where have you been 
      Am                            G               Dm 
The demons said the stranger they took me from my sleep 
        Dm                     C                 Dm 
They locked me in a cave put nails through my skull 
     Am                          G               Dm 
I escaped with the help of this lonesome nightingale 

        Dm                      C             Dm 
If it's you said the widow then spin me a line 
     Am                                 G               Dm 
The stranger cleared his throat looked deep into her eyes 

     Dm 
Said men are made From blood and bone 
      C               Dm 
Like metals made from dust 
Am 
Men are bound to die alone 
     G                 Dm 
Like metals bound to rust 

      Dm                    C             Dm 
They drank and they danced late into the night 
         Am               G              Dm 
But the poets father was not so satisfied 
      Dm                        C             Dm 
Next morning the stranger was awoken with a thud 
       Am                    G              Dm 
As the police came to take samples of his blood 

   Dm                      C         Dm 
And as the results of the test came in 
    Am                        G              Dm 
The poets father screamed I knew it wasn't him 
        Dm                 C                Dm 
Well a lonely executioner sharpened his blade 
      Am                 G            Dm 
From doing god's work a living he made 

     Dm                            C             Dm 
And just before he raised his axe up too the birds 
       Am                          G           Dm 
He asked the stranger do you have any last words 

Bridge 
        Am          G               Dm 
And the shaman he smiles up on the hill 
      Am            G            Dm 
His promise to the poet was fulfilled 
         Am         G            Dm 
And the widow she cries to the moon 
         Am          G              Dm 
And the nightingale sang her last tune 

     Dm 
Said men are made From blood and bone 
      C               Dm 
Like metals made from dust 
Am 
Men are bound to die alone 
     G                 Dm 
Like metals bound to rust 

Dm 
Men are made From blood and bone 
      C               Dm 
Like metals made from dust 
Am 
Men are bound to die alone 
     G                 Dm 
Like metals bound to rust 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante