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Bodysnatchers
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Bodysnatchers - Dave Rawlings Machine
Capo 3 Intro/Verse Bm7/D (x5020x) Dmaj7/C# (x4020x) E
This is just a guess how they might play it, interested to see any films that may surface to see if I'm right?
Everything’s predictable in little river town
Barges and tobacco, drinking straight Kentucky brown
Mama’s bunions swelling when there’s evil creepin' round
Like bodysnatchers
You know she used to tell me she was gazing out at space
I can feel them coming down to pilfer and erase
And I should have told you the first time that I saw you face to face
That you’re a bodysnatcher
Chorus
I A sold my soul for something up on G Barford E Hatches
A Twenty years and lining down the E tracks
A Mama said next time you see the G bodyEsnatchers
A Tell them all they’d better get B7 back Ab5/B (x2122x)
You better E get back, E7 get back, get back Am7
You better E get back you E7 body Am7 snatchers
You better E get back, E7 get back, get back Am7
You better E get back you E7 body Am7 snatchers E
Intro x 2
Each Mississippi river queen tries to play the saint
This far down the river you pretend you're whatcha ain't
I’m the son of a son of a pioneer gun, I slather on the paint
Like a bodysnatcher
The nameless tombstones crumble o’er the graves of Cairo kings
When there’s high water everywhere it covers everything
And when the sun comes out of nowhere you can hear the birdies sing
You’re the bodysnatcher
Chorus
I guess if it was up to me I’d probably let you live
But Mama, when you’re crossin’, she’s slower to forgive
She’ll stick you full of pins and leave you bleedin' like a sieve
For bodysnatching
So when you come around here you best be waving something white
A pillowcase or a handkerchief or to get the message right
And you oughta try not thieving things in the middle of the night
Don’t be a bodysnatcher
Chorus End on E7 (022130)
This post was edited by JasonK at September 23, 2015 9:46 AM PDT -
Bodysnatchers - Dave Rawlings Machine
Capo 5 Ab5/B (x2122x)
Intro
Play C & B on A string plus open D&G strings then Am6 5040xx
Everything’s predictable in little river town
Barges and tobacco
Drinking straight Kentucky brown
Mama’s bunions swelling
Then there’s evil creepin' round
Like bodysnatchers
You know she used to tell me
She was gazing out at space
I can feel them coming down to pilfer and erase
And I should have told you the first time
That I saw you face to face
That you’re a bodysnatcher
Chorus G 3x0033 F 1x0033
I G sold my soul for something
Up on F Barford D Hatches
G Twenty years of lightning down the D tracks
G Mama said
"Next time you see the F bodyDsnatchers
G Tell them all they’d better get A7 back" A x0023x x0043x x4023x
Asus4 or Dsus2/A x00230 Gm6 3x0330
(hammer 3rd frets of D+A strings)
You better get back, get back, get back Gm6 3x0330
You better get back you body snatchers
You better get back, get back, get back
You better get back you body snatchers D
Intro x 2
Each Mississippi river queen tries to play the saint
This far down the river
You pretend you're whatcha ain't
I’m the son of a son of a pioneer gun
I slather on the paint
Like a bodysnatcher
The nameless tombstones crumble
O’er the graves of Cairo kings
When there’s high water everywhere
It covers everything
And when the sun comes out of nowhere
You can hear the birdies sing
You’re the bodysnatcher
Chorus
I guess if it was up to me I’d probably let you live
But Mama, when you’re crossin’
She’s slower to forgive
She’ll stick you full of pins
And leave you bleedin' like a sieve
For bodysnatching
So when you come around here
You best be waving something white
A pillowcase or a handkerchief
Or to get the message right
And you oughta try not thieving things
In the middle of the night
Don’t be a bodysnatcher
Chorus End on D7 (x00210)
This post was edited by JasonK at September 23, 2017 1:51 AM PDT