Natalie Merchant - My Skin Chords & Tabs

 

My Skin Chords & Tabs

Natalie Merchant Chords & Tabs

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My Skin Chords

   
        Fm         Cm
Take a look at my body
C#          G#
Look at my hands
Bbm           
There's so much here
D#
That I don't understand 

      Fm            Cm
Your face saving promises
C#               G#  
Whispered like prayers
G#
I don't need them
D#
I don't need them 

            Fm
I've been treated so wrong
            C#
I've been treated so long
   G#                D#
As if I'm becoming untouchable 

    Fm                Cm
Contempt loves the silence
C#                 G#  
It thrives in the dark
      Bbm   
With fine winding tendrils
        D#
That strangle the heart 

     Fm         Cm
They say that promises
C#          D#
Sweeten the blow
G#
But I don't need them
D#
No, I don't need them 

            Fm
I've been treated so wrong
            C# 
I've been treated so long
   G#                 D#
As if I'm becoming untouchable 

       Fm
I'm a slow dying flower
 C#
Frost killing hour
     G# 
The sweet turning sour
        D#
And untouchable 

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O, I need
       Fm
The darkness
       Fm
The sweetness
       C#
The sadness
       C#
The weakness
G#      D#
I need this 


I need
    Fm
A lullaby
    Fm
A kiss goodnight
 C#
Angel sweet
 C#
Love of my life
G#         D#
O, I need this 

         Fm         Cm 
Do you remember the way
           C#         G# 
That you touched me before
          Bbm        
All the trembling sweetness
    D#
I loved and adored? 
     Fm             Cm
Your face saving promises
   C#            G#
Whispered like prayers
         G#
I don't need them
             D#  
No, I don't need them 


O, I need
     Fm
The darkness
     Fm
The sweetness
     C#
The sadness
     C#
The weakness
G#      D#
I need this 


I need
    Fm
A lullaby
   Fm
A kiss goodnight
   C#
The angel sweet
    C#   
Love of my life
G#      D#
I need this 

       Fm
Is it dark enough? 
      Fm
Can you see me? 
      C#
Do you want me? 
       C#
Can you reach me? 
G#       D#
Or I'm leaving 
            Fm  
You better shut your mouth
  Fm          
Hold your breath
C#                  C#
Kiss me now you'll catch my death
G#        D# 
O, I mean it