Chord/Tab song: The Bones of Baby Dolls

The Bones of Baby Dolls by Acid Bath
from the 1994 album When the Kite String Pops

Tuning: C - F - Bb - Eb - G - C (down 2 steps)

Play the shapes of the chords written.


3/4 Timing

Fade-In:

Am - Am - G - G - F - E - E - E (repeat at your discretion)

Intro:
[Am]Flower [G]girls play [F]lover[E]
[Am]Grave games [G]in the [F]court[E]yard
[F]I [G]heard [E]her[Am]
[F]Screaming [G]like a [E]radi[Am]o

Bridge:
Cm - Bm - Am - Am (x3) then Cm - Bm

Repeat Intro and Bridge, ending on an Am strum

4/4 Timing

First Verse:
Am - Dm - Am - E (x2)

[Am]Mary-Lo[Dm]u left [Am]marks on y[E]ou
[Am]She just [Dm]screams at the [Am]walls [E]
The [Am]kite string pops[Dm], I'm swallowed [Am]whole by the sk[E]y
We [Am]smoke the bones of [Dm]baby [E]dolls

Am - Dm - Am - E - Am - Dm - E (listen for timing)

Second Verse:
Am - Dm - Am - E (x2)

[Am]Techno-l[Dm]iquid [Am]screaming me[E]at
[Am]Heaven's c[Dm]old be[Am]neath my f[E]eet
[Am]Cyber l[Dm]ove the [Am]anti-m[E]an
[Am] We make [Dm]love.[Am]..[E]
...because we [Am]can [Dm][Am][E]

Am - Dm - Am - E (x3)

Third Verse:
[Am]Virgins [Dm]play where the[Am] bayou's [E]blue
[Am]Barefoot [Dm]eatin' m[Am]ushroom st[E]ew
[Am]Work for pa[Dm]y and [Am]pay for fr[E]eedom
[Am] Fuck 'em a[Dm]ll [Am] we don't [E]need 'em

[Am] [-] [Dm] [-] [Am] [-] [E]
We [Am]smoke the bones of [Dm]baby [E]dolls

Am - Dm - Am - E - Am - Dm - E (listen for timing)

Outro:
Am - C - G - Bb (listen for timing)

Everything's gone dry
Like bottle glass scraping 'cross the pavement

(play Outro twice without the lyrics and twice with the lyrics, then repeat until fade-out)


tabbed by Cullen Helmer
aka nebakanezer
C. 2013