Skeletons
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Intro
F#m(maj7) D7 (x4)
F#m(maj7) D7
You're losing count of every skeleton inside your closet
F#m(maj7) D7
You're carving contracts into keratin to fill your pockets
F#m(maj7) D7
Extract the marrow and sell bones back to their sources
F#m(maj7) D7
Deprive them of all support and resell it for doubled prices
[Verso 1]
F#m(maj7) D7 F#m(maj7)
Let your employees work 25/8, 366
D7
Lobby our morals and get your enemies all committed
F#m(maj7) D7
You own the market, you control every statistic
Bm C#
Yet you never fall
[Refrão]
Dmaj7 C# F#m A
Down goes another one, head on the ground
Bm C# F#m G# A Dmaj7
Let's start anew and do it right this time a - round
C# F#m A
Goes another one, hole in his head
Bm C# F#m
Down goes another but we know he's not dead
[Pós-Refrão]
F#m Bm D
They own the politicians, they own the votes
F#m D C#
The only truth they've ever told is what they say goes
[Verso 2]
F#m Bm D
They've been the authors for so many years
F#m D C#
They sell the napkins that you use to wipe your tears
F#m C#/G# A C#
2 million dead every year, they've never cared for our peers
F#m G# D C# D C# F#m C# D C#
If they can kill us, why do we stop at their ears?
{Instrumental}
F# F# A G#
[Refrão]
Dmaj7 C# F#m A
Down goes another one, head on the ground
Bm C# F#m G# A Dmaj7
Let's start anew and do it right this time a - round
C# F#m A
Goes another one, hole in his head
Bm C# F#m
Down goes another but we know he's not dead
[Ponte]
F#m7 Dmaj7
F#m7 Dmaj7
F#m7
When the lights go down, and you walk backstage
Dmaj7
Does the mask stay on? Do you hide your face?
Bm7
Does anybody really know you?
C#
Was anybody ever supposed to?
F#m7
Like I do, I know who you are
Dmaj7
You're a manufactured superstar
Bm6
Your glory serves a purpose to
C#
The ones who used to prey on you
F#m
Now they may think you're useful now
Dmaj7
But know you wear a borrowed crown
Bm7
I bet you think you're special
C#
To be their chosen vessel
F#m
The billions they've all kept held down
Dmaj7
Deserve the chance to shut them out
B7sus4
I don't do this for vengeance
C#
I'm doing this to send a message
N.C.
...fuck
F#m7 Ebdim Dmaj7
In your cowardice, you hid away, refusing to face the threat
F#m7 Dmaj7 C#
And when they offered you money, you knew you had to say yes
F#m7 Ebdim Dmaj7
The glass is broken, you showed off, and turned a blind eye
F#m7 Dmaj7 C# Bm A
And now you're rolling em' back, a posthumous punchline
F#m7 Ebdim Dmaj7
Don't wanna see you on a stage, I wanna see you in the ground
F#m7 Dmaj7 C# Dmaj7
You wanna swim in your money, I wanna see you fucking drown
Dmaj7
What within us remains as beating and writhing
C#
Every dollar brings it closer to dying
{Instrumental}
F#m(maj7) D7 (x3)
D C# D C#
[Refrão]
Dmaj7 C# F#m A
Down goes another one, head on the ground
Bm C# F#m G# A Dmaj7
Let's start anew and do it right this time a - round
C# F#m A
Goes another one, hole in his head
Bm C# F#m E
Down goes another but we know he's not dead
Outro
Dmaj7 C# F#m A
Down goes another one, three-thousand to go
Bm C# F#m
Tear down the house, melt down their crowns
G# A Dmaj7
They're bleeding gold
C# F#m A
Goes another one, sunk 'neath their wealth
Bm C# F#m E F#m
Down goes another, you did this to yourself
How to play Skeletons
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is F#m. 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.