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Verso 1: Am E C In a town in the woods at the top of a hill D There's a house where no one lives F/C C D E So you take a big bag of your big city money there, and buy it Am E Then at night when the house is dark C D And you're all alone there's a noise upstairs F/C C D E At the top of the stairs there's a door so you take a deep breath and try it F/C C Bm7/b5 Am And the flashlight shows you something moving just inside the door F/C C D E There's a tattered dress and a feeling you have felt somewhere before.... Am F7+/C And there's a creepy doll, that always follows you G D G E Am It's got a ruined eye, that's always open Am F7+/C And there's a creepy doll, that always follows you G D G E Am F It's got a pretty mouth, to swallow you whole Verso 2: Am E So you scream and you close the door C D And you tell yourself it was just a dream F/C C D E In the morning you head into town cause you want to go antiquing Am E In the store there's a strange old man C D With a wandering eye and a withered hand F/C C D E When he hands you the old wooden box you can hear his old bones creaking F/C C Bm7/b5 Am And you know what you will find inside the moment that you see F/C C D E That someone carved your name into the tarnished silver key Am F7+/C And there's a creepy doll, that always follows you G D G E Am It's got a ruined eye, that's always open Am F7+/C And there's a creepy doll, that always follows you G D G E Am It's got a pretty mouth, to swallow you whole Ponte: F/C C Bm7/b5 Am And when you come home late the doll is waiting up for you F/C C Bm7/b5 Am And when you fix a snack the doll says it would like one too F/C G F/C G The doll is in your house and in your room and in your bed F/C G F/C G C The doll is in your eyes and in your arms and in your head and you are crazy F/C D7 F/C Verso 3: Am E Now it's late and you head downstairs C D Cause you just can't sleep so you make some tea F/C C D E And the doll disapprovingly asks if you really need that much honey Am E You decide that you've had enough C D And you lock the doll in the wooden box F/C C D E You put the box in the fireplace next to your bag of big city money F/C C Bm7/b5 Am As the smoke fills up your tiny room there's nothing you can do F/C C D E And far too late you see the one inside the box is you Am F7+/C And there's a creepy doll, that always follows you G D G E Am It's got a ruined eye, that's always open Am F7+/C And there's a creepy doll, that always follows you G D G E Am F It's got a pretty mouth, to swallow you whole
Am F7+/C And there's a creepy doll, that always follows you G D G E Am It's got a ruined eye, that's always open Am F7+/C And there's a creepy doll, that always follows you G D G E Am F It's got a pretty mouth, to swallow you whole
Am F7+/C And there's a creepy doll, that always follows you G D G E Am It's got a ruined eye, that's always open Am F7+/C And there's a creepy doll, that always follows you G D G E Am It's got a pretty mouth, to swallow you whole
Written by Jonathan Coulton
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