Skeleton Key
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Verse: 1
E G#
Half asleep with the sun coming up out east
F# B F# E
We're driving down Garfield Ave when you said a strange and significant thing
G# F#
I can remember the words - "this was a beautiful night
B F#
It won't, it won't ever happen this way again"
Pre-Chorus:
E B
No, my dear, nothing much grows around here
F# G# F#
We carry our roots with us, a couple of weeds pulled up, misguided
E B F#
Girl, you'll be the heroine of my book, the plot is the course we took
G# F# E
The setting can't be nowhere else in the world
[Refrão]
B
And the story opens up with you
G# F#
Your broken dreams and cheap perfume
E
You're on a city bus, the rain it falls
F# G#
Your make up bleeds, the wind it howls
B
And I stumble on from Uptown bars
G# F#
I guess that's all I've got so far
E
Yeah, but at the end, I don't know how
F# G#
You save me and you save yourself
Verse: 2
E G#
It ends so soon, the night and the fading moon
F# B F#
I put my hand inside yours, the city looks strange and significant
E F#
I know these streets, the place where I'll live and die
F# B F#
Resigned to that fact, but I, I'm hoping it happens this way again
Pre-Chorus
E B
No, my dear, nothing much grows around here
F# G# F#
We carry our roots with us, a couple of weeds pulled up, misguided
E B F#
Girl, you'll be the heroine of my book, the plot is the course we took
G# F# E
The setting can't be nowhere else in the world
[Refrão]
B
And the story opens up with you
G# F#
Your broken dreams and cheap perfume
E
You're on a city bus, the rain it falls
F# G#
Your make up bleeds, the wind it howls
B
And I stumble on from Uptown bars
G# F#
I guess that's all I've got so far
E
Yeah, but at the end, I don't know how
F# G#
You save me and then you save yourself
Interlude
B E
G# E
[Refrão]
B
And the story opens up with you
G# F#
Your broken dreams and cheap perfume
E
You're on a city bus, the rain it falls
F# G#
Your make up bleeds, the wind it howls
B
And I stumble on from Uptown bars
G# F#
I guess that's all I've got so far
E
Yeah, but at the end, I don't know how
F# G# E
You save me and then you save yourself
Outro
B
Fall asleep to the radio
G#
Try to keep what I got from you
F# E
Hard to do in these dreary days
How to play Skeleton Key
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.