The Handsome Family

Whitehaven(Chords)

The Handsome Family

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Intro: C G F C 

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What a hideous forest surrounded Whitehaven 
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Twisted black mountains, wolves howled in madness 
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Never I ventured beyond the stone tower 
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As dusk spread her black wings at the edge of the dark wild wood 

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But one windy evening, gathering timbers 
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Under white elm trees in shadows, I saw her 
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The darkest of beauties with her basket of cherries 
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The wind at her black skirt like the hands of the wild dark wood 
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C G F C She turned in her terror, a madness possessed us Em Am F G In shadow she clawed me, we screamed in the brambles C G F C Hunters came running with torches and axes Em Am F G C Treetop to treetop, flames tore through the dark wild wood C G F C Back down they dragged us past the stone towers Em Am F G The church bells were ringing, the sky screamed in flashes C G F C But we stood in the churchyard laughing like jackals Em Am F G Am As the stone towers tumbled and bowed to the wild dark wood
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Written by Brett Sparks/Rennie Sparks

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