Night Knuckles
cavetown
Here's a link to the original song https://cavetown.bandcamp.com/track/night-knuckles
and a live version https://youtu.be/3YxlUTfOyhA?t=10m46s for reference.
(all palm muted unless specified)
(all chords are played on the E string as bar chords {except for E obvoiusly!})
[Intro]
(Harmonics)
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-----<7>---------<7>-----|
E|-<9>-----<7>-<9>-----<7>-|
x4 (this repeats for most of the song so just listen for when to play it)
A5 B5 A5 B5
x4
E A C#m A
x2
[Verse]
E A
Welcome to midnight
C#m A
Screams when I open my eyes
E A
Premeditated isolation
C#m A
and it still bites
E A
Welcome to real life
C#m A
Time doesn’t matter and you’re gonna die
E A
Drip drop it goes through the holes in your skull
C#m
In the night time they grow
A
In the night time they grow
[instrumental]
(Not PM)
E A C#m A
x2
[Verse]
(gradually crechendo from nearly full PM to half PM)
E A
Leave if you’re sure
C#m A
When it comes to this you know better than you think
E
And don’t tell me it’s fine
A
don’t tell me I’m wrong
C#m
Because the faker the hope,
A
the more painful the song
[Chorus]
(Half PM)
E
Get it in your thick skull
A
Of course it won’t be easy
C#m A E
It’s just the way it is deal with it I’m tired of whining
A
These are just things that I hammer into my skin
C#m
in the night when the sky looks like my
A
knuckles and my eyes
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-----<7>---------<7>-----|
E|-<9>-----<7>-<9>-----<7>-|
x3
e|-----------------X-X-|
B|-----------------X-X-|
G|-----------------X-X-|
D|-----------------X-X-|
A|-----<7>---------X-X-|
E|-<9>-----<7>-<9>-X-X-|
[Bridge]
(Not PM)
A F# E A
A F#
These are just things that I hammer into my skin
E
in the night when the sky looks like my
A
knuckles and my eyes
A F# E A
A F#
These are just things that I hammer into my skin
E F#
in the night when the sky looks like my
A E
knuckles and my eyes