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Whalebones

Man Man
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
He  felt a curse around his neck
Like  a yoke he knows, he never forgets.
The  way she cut through his bed
Like  a snake would bite through a cave of flesh
But  he holds her
though  she's broken
He  swear he don't care
where  she's been
 thats the progression throughout most of the song
 He's tired of being human
 He wears her close to the bone as though she were his own skin
 He shoots from the heart instead of the head
 His mouth and his words they rarely connect
 He looks to the past and where his tongue's tread
 And he knows he's meant the opposite
 But she holds him like an infant
 Though it breaks her in half to know he'll wake like a man
 Sold on cold indifference
 When he reaches for her she's gone
 She slips like the wind through blackened sails, but
 Who are we to love at all?
 I hope you don't mind
 If I hang on the light post.
 If I hang on to my hopes oh, this time
 Although I've been warned
 I'll probably get burned
 I'd rather get burned than to not try
 I hope you don't mind
 If I hang on the light post
 I hang on to my hopes all this time
 'Cause you won't let it go

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Readable chord sheet for Whalebones by Man Man

[Fm9]He felt a curse around his neck
[C7]Like a yoke he knows, he never forgets.
[G#maj]The way she cut through his bed
[A#min]Like a snake would bite through a cave of flesh
[Fm9]But he holds her
[C7]though she's broken
[G#maj]He swear he don't care
[A#min]where she's been

thats the progression throughout most of the song

He's tired of being human
He wears her close to the bone as though she were his own skin
He shoots from the heart instead of the head
His mouth and his words they rarely connect
He looks to the past and where his tongue's tread
And he knows he's meant the opposite

But she holds him like an infant
Though it breaks her in half to know he'll wake like a man
Sold on cold indifference
When he reaches for her she's gone
She slips like the wind through blackened sails, but

Who are we to love at all?

I hope you don't mind
If I hang on the light post.
If I hang on to my hopes oh, this time
Although I've been warned
I'll probably get burned
I'd rather get burned than to not try

I hope you don't mind
If I hang on the light post
I hang on to my hopes all this time
'Cause you won't let it go

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