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
