Intro C C/B Am Am C C/B Am Am Verse 1 C C/B Am Am Clementine, the sights you solve C C/B Am Am It's profligates, return this saw C C/B Am A native to the dance-halls of the Gaul Am C Where dancing absolves us all C/B D 'cause they used to know my old Ma Chorus 1 D C Oh, monkeyshines their bones will grind C/B D In violent times with violet eyes that pale C Monkeyshines their bones will grind C/B D In violent times with violet eyes that pale Verse 2 C C/B Am Am It's a trail of tears from here, to knows when C C/B Am Am She dripped with birch and unmade scent C C/B Am Shod lean with ghosts of the lovers weak amends Am C C/B D So slays the mandarin in the house of a sun Chorus 2 D C Oh, monkeyshines their bones will grind C/B D And violent times with violet eyes that pale C Monkeyshines their bones will grind C/B D And violent times with violet eyes that pale C As Cyanotypes, the trollops fight C/B D To hold their scimitar above our heads D C Oh down where they rest with my old Ma C/B D 'cause they used to know where we belong D Verse 3 C C/B Am Am Dardanelle, skip Misselette C C/B Am Am When this faun's in love, it's nonetheless C C/B Am So peel back an orange if you wanna taste what's next Am C C/B D Since laudanum feathers a nest, with a salt mass hop and lament Chorus 3 C Oh, monkeyshines their bones will grind C/B D And violent times with violet eyes that pale C Monkeyshines their bones will grind C/B D And violent times with violet eyes that pale C Monkeyshines their bones will grind C/B D And violent times with violet eyes that pale C Monkeyshines their bones will grind C/B D And violent times with violet eyes that pale D C Oh down where they rest with my old Ma C/B D 'cause they used to know where we belong
