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The Rising Sign of Skittish

Mike Doughty
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 Your  back curves  like a creeping vine
 with  the answers  in the fluid in the stem  of the spine
 In  the black-coffee  bowl  of your eye
 why  do you overestimate  the size of the  lie?
 I've  seen
 the  dangers of
 your rising  sign
but  i swear
i'd  like
to  drink  the  fuel straight from your  lighter
it's  all inside  the wrist,  it's
all  inside  the way you time  it
 i resent the  way you  make  me  like myself
 My nerves jump
 like a boiling pan
 like a skillet full of oil spits,
 rattling on the burner
 when i stumble onto the thought
 of the match you lit and dropped and set the
 dial to slow yearn
 i've seen
 the dangers of
 your rising sign
 but i swear
 i'd like
 to drink the fuel straight from your lighter
 it's all inside the wrist, it's
 all inside the way you time it
 i resent the way you make me like myself
 can i spell it out?
 should i spell it out?
 i've seen
 the dangers of
 your rising sign
 but i swear
 i'd like
 to drink the fuel straight from your lighter
 it's all inside the wrist, it's
 all inside the way you time it
 i resent the way you make me like myself

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Readable chord sheet for The Rising Sign of Skittish by Mike Doughty

[E7] [Cadd9]

Yo[E7]ur back cu[Cadd9]rves like a [E7]creeping [Cadd9]vine
wi[E7]th the ans[Cadd9]wers in the fluid in the [D]stem of the [A]spine
In[E7] the black[Cadd9]-coffee bowl[E7] of your [Cadd9]eye
wh[E7]y do you o[Cadd9]verestimate the size of t[D]he lie?     [A]

I'[D]ve see[A]n
th[Cadd9]e dangers [G]of
your [E]rising[Cadd9] sign   [G]
[G]but i s[D]wear
[A]i'd[Cadd9] like
[G]to dr[E]ink the[Cadd9] fuel straight from [G]your lighter  [D]
[D]it[A]'s all [Cadd9]inside the wr[G]ist, it's
[E]all inside[Cadd9] the way you [G]time it  [D]
i [A]resent [Cadd9]the way y[G]ou m[E]ake m[Cadd9]e like myself  [G]

My nerves jump
like a boiling pan
like a skillet full of oil spits,
rattling on the burner
when i stumble onto the thought
of the match you lit and dropped and set the
dial to slow yearn

i've seen
the dangers of
your rising sign
but i swear
i'd like
to drink the fuel straight from your lighter
it's all inside the wrist, it's
all inside the way you time it
i resent the way you make me like myself

can i spell it out?
should i spell it out?

i've seen
the dangers of
your rising sign
but i swear
i'd like
to drink the fuel straight from your lighter
it's all inside the wrist, it's
all inside the way you time it
i resent the way you make me like myself

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