The Bones chords
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[Intro]
G D Bm A
e|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|-----12-----12-----7-----7--x----|-------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|-----7-----7-----6-----6--x----|
D|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| x2
A|--10-----10-----5-----5-----x----|-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|--7-----7-----5-----5-----x----|
x = mute string
[Verse 1]
G D Bm A
We're in the homestretch of the hard times
G D Bm A
We took a hard left but we're alright
G D Bm A
Yeah life sure can try to put love through it but
G D Bm N.C.
We built this right so nothing's ever gonna move it
[Chorus 1]
F#m G
When the bones are good, the rest don't matter
A Bm
Yeah the paint could peel, the glass could shatter
F#m G A Bm
Let it rain 'cause you and I remain the same
F#m G
When there ain't a crack in the foundation
A Bm
Baby I know any storm we're facing
F#m G
Will blow right over while we stay put
A A/C#
The house don't fall when the bones are good
G D Bm A
Mmm-mm mmm-mm
[Verse 2]
G D Bm A
Call it dumb luck but baby you and I
G D Bm A
Can't even mess it up although we both try
G D Bm A
No it don't always go the way we planned it
G D Bm A
But the wolves came and went and we're still standing
[Chorus 2]
F#m G
When the bones are good, the rest don't matter
A Bm
Yeah the paint could peel, the glass could shatter
F#m G A Bm
Let it rain 'cause you and I remain the same
F#m G
When there ain't a crack in the foundation
A Bm
Baby I know any storm we're facing
F#m G
Will blow right over while we stay put
A A/C#
The house don't fall when the bones are good
F#m G A Bm
When the bones are good
F#m G A Bm
[Bridge]
G D Bm A
Bones are good, the rest (baby, the rest don't really matter)
G D Bm A
Paint could peel, the glass (oh the glass, oh the glass could shatter)
G D Bm A
Bones are good, the rest, the rest don't matter
G D Bm N.C.
Paint could peel, the glass (the glass could shatter)
[Chorus 3]
F#m G
When the bones are good, the rest don't matter
A Bm
Yeah the paint could peel, the glass could shatter
F#m G A Bm
Let it rain 'cause you and I remain the same
F#m G
When there ain't a crack in the foundation
A Bm
Baby I know any storm we're facing
F#m G
Will blow right over while we stay put
A A/C#
The house don't fall when the bones are good
G D Bm A
Mmm-mm mmm-mm
[Outro]
G D Bm A
Woo-ooh-ooh-ooh
G D Bm A