This is one of my favourite Bishop Allen songs, and I couldn't find chords to this song anywhere. As a
newbie musician these chords seems alright to me, but if you notice any errors please contribute.
D G Em D G
Bm D
Take the shells that you've collected
F G
Sew them with your favorite silver thread
D A
Now you jingle, now you rattle with every step
Bm D
Skeletons upon the stairway
F G
Showing off the teeth inside their heads
D A
Is it you or are they laughing at what you said?
D
And when the day came,
C Bm B
You had the same name,
A
You let your town down
G
Town down
D
Way down
D
And when the day came,
C Bm B
You had the same name
A G
You let your town down
G
Town down
D
Way down
A Bm D G A D Bm D B G Bm
Bm D
In the dark and down the hillside
B G
Run until you cannot catch your breath
D A
Get the band to play a love song...at your request
Bm D
Smell the cinnamon and chocolates
F G
Marigolds yellow, pink and red
D A
On the ground you spread a blanket to be your bed
A D C
And when the day came,
Bm B
You had the same name
A G
You let your town down
G
Town down
D
Way down
A D C
And when the day came,
Bm B
You had the same name
A G
You let your town down
G
Town down
D A
Way down
D C Bm B
And when you...when you, get on your new shoes
D G D
You tore your town down, way down