My Boy Builds Coffins by Florence + The Machine
Key: DD | Capo: 5fr |  Left-Handed 

    


|D  |Bm |F#m    |
The strings are plucked as to the rhythm in the song for the introduction. 
Verse 1
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My boy builds coffins with hammers and nails
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He doesn't build ships, he has no use for sails
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He doesn't make tables, dressers or chairs
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He can't carve a whistle cause he just doesn't care
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My boy builds coffins for the rich and the poor
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Kings and queens have all knocked on his door
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Beggars and liars, gypsies and thieves
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They all come to him 'cause he's so eager to please
Chorus
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My boy builds coffins he makes them all day
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But it's not just for work and it isn't for play
          D        Bm
He's made one for himself
F#m
One for me too
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One of these days he'll make one 
D  Bm  F#m
For you-------
D  Bm  F#m
For you-------
D  Bm  F#m
For you-------
D  Bm  F#m
For you-------
 
Verse 2
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My boy builds coffins for better or worse
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Some say it's a blessing, some say it's a curse
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He fits them together in sunshine or rain
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Each one is unique, no two are the same
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My boy builds coffins and I think it's a shame
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That when each one's been made, he can't see it again
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He crafts every one with love and with care
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Then it's thrown in the ground and it just isn't fair
Chorus
D              Bm        F#m
My boy builds coffins he makes them all day
         D            Bm          F#m  
But it's not just for work and it isn't for play
          D        Bm
He's made one for himself
F#m
One for me too
D           Bm         F#m
One of these days he'll make one for you