The Handsome Family

Woodpecker(Chords)

The Handsome Family

Key: G

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Intro: G G/B alternate picking 

verse 1: 
G       D     G 
Lovely Mary Sweeney,  
     C              G 
the famous window smasher 
            C                  G 
Was just a quiet school marm - Oh de lay ee ee 
        D        G 
from Lacrosse, Wisconsin 

verse 2: 
     G      D        G 
She took a pinch of cocaine  
     C            G 
but only for her nerves 
  C             G 
Laudanum for trembling hands,  
                 D      G   G7 
a little bottle in her purse 

C She was a woodpecker, G she couldn't help but see C All the things that hide D G inside all the pretty trees
verse 3: G D G At dusk she took a train C G just a hammer in her bag C G She went from town to town - Oh de lay ee ee D G G7 smashing every pane of glass Pre-Chorus C G Storefronts, mirrors, windshields C G shattered in the night C G A hammer through a window?s gleam D G G7 filled the air with light
C She was a woodpecker, G she couldn't help but free C All the things that hide D G inside all the pretty trees
INTERLUDE: G D G C G C G D G
C She was a woodpecker, G she couldn't help but free C All the things that hide D G inside all the pretty trees
verse 4: G D G In the state asylum C G the windows caged in bars C G They soaked her in an ice-cold bath D G G7 till she was seeing stars Pre-Chorus C G Wrapped up in her straitjacket C G her mind still hammered on C G Till the glass inside her smashed - Oh de lay ee ee D G G7 and she flew off into the trees
C She was a woodpecker, G she couldn't help but see C All the things that hide D G inside all the pretty trees
OUTRO: G G/B alternate picking

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