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No Bad News

Bonnie Prince Billy
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
Trouble,  more trouble can you get anymore
 Slow bubble boiling on the bedroom  floor
Lonely  ain't lonely, someone calling at the door
 Someone lovely  and she's bringing bad news
She  clenches and she cries and she lays on the stairs
 Pounding on the earth and yanking  at her hairs
And  showing such fear at being found unawares
 To be here  and be bringing bad news
 (Chorus)
 Well, something  bad happens and a lot  of people go
 Bad themselves,  that's how awful it is
Turning  half the heart into something  hard and dark
 And she  had to bring here this
 Well, she's told, « Hold your buttons and look at the sky
 Someone will fix things if you let your face dry
 Keep your face near the earth and your heart beat high
 And you may transcend the bad news »
 For all  hammers and nails
 For all  leaves and winds
 For all  love ambitions
 And enemies  and friends
 She shakes her face so fiercely that all her features go
 She lays like a monkey unclothed in the snow
 And her voice it decays and before it does she goes,
 « I will never again deliver bad news »
Mm,  hey little bird – hey little bird
 Thank you for not  letting go of me when I  let go of you
 Hey little bird – hey little bird
 Thank you for not letting go of me when I let go of you
 (Hey little bird – hey little bird)
 Thank you for not (letting go of me when I let go of you)

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Readable chord sheet for No Bad News by Bonnie Prince Billy

[Em]Trouble, more trouble can you get anymore
Slow bubble boiling on the [D]bedroom floor
[Em]Lonely ain't lonely, someone calling at the door
Someone [D]lovely and she's bringing bad [Em]news

[Em]She clenches and she cries and she lays on the stairs
Pounding on the earth and [D]yanking at her hairs
[Em]And showing such fear at being found unawares
To be [D]here and be bringing bad [Em]news

(Chorus)
Well, [D]something bad happens and a [Em]lot of people go
Bad them[D]selves, that's how awful it [Em]is
[D]Turning half the heart into [Em]something hard and dark
And [D]she had to bring here [Em]this

Well, she's told, « Hold your buttons and look at the sky
Someone will fix things if you let your face dry
Keep your face near the earth and your heart beat high
And you may transcend the bad news »

For [D]all hammers and [Em]nails
For [D]all leaves and [Em]winds
For [Am]all love amb[B7]itions
And [F]enemies and [E]friends [D]    [Am]

She shakes her face so fiercely that all her features go
She lays like a monkey unclothed in the snow
And her voice it decays and before it does she goes,
« I will never again deliver bad news »

[B]Mm, hey little bird – hey little bird
Thank you for [F#]not letting go of me when [F#7]I let go of you
Hey little bird – hey little bird
Thank you for not letting go of me when I let go of you
(Hey little bird – hey little bird)
Thank you for not (letting go of me when I let go of you)

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