Skeleton Staff

Its Murder

Skeleton Staff


Tom: Am

  Dm                            Am
Attention all units we've got a 245
     E7                         Am
Head West on Loxahatchee rd and south on N.U. drive
 Dm                               Am
Another student harvest under the firing pin
             E                                  F   (G   F) E
The feds are drawing straws to see who contacts his next of kin
    F   (G   F)  E        F (G  F) G   (F   G)  E  E/F E E/F ... (hammer-on)
And her next of kin, and all of today's next of kin


[Chorus]
     Am
It's murder!
            E
That's what some people say
   Am                                        E7
To sit on your hands and ignore it hoping it all goes away
     Am
It's murder!
            E
That's what some people say
  Am                                       E        E7        Am
Political loss when counting the cost will kill any calls for change


Am E (x4)
A  lala la la la...


[Verse 2]
  Dm                       Am
Revenge is served up in an AR magazine
   E                               Am
He packed a mental selfie of every nasty thing they've done to him
     Dm                              Am
Some argue the statistics are merely hype and bluff
               E7                            F   (G   F)   E
And that could well be true but surely isn't one death enough?
     F   (G     F)   E
Just one death's enough?
    F  (G  F)   G  (F   G)  E E/F E ...
But surely just one life's enough?


[Chorus]
     Am
It's murder!
            E
That's what some people say
   Am                                        E7
To sit on your hands and ignore it hoping it all goes away
     Am
It's murder!
            E
That's what some people say
  Am                                       E        E7        Am
Political loss when counting the cost will kill any calls for change


Am E (x4)
A  lala la la la...


[Bridge]
Gsus   G       Gsus    G
Best Solution, all the while is to
Cmaj7    Am       Cmaj7  Am
Take the teachers to the supplier
         Gsus  G     Gsus        G
Give the principal a pump-action rifle
        Cmaj7    Am      Cmaj7     Am
For the Library teachers silencers are required
Gsus        G      Gsus      G
Train lunch ladies to become snipers
         Cmaj7   Am        Cmaj7     Am
Have the History teachers returning musket fire
Gsus  G        Gsus        G
Laser guns for teachers of science
      Dm  (Em Dm)  C (Dm C) B7                  Am
Maybe teaching the value of life would be wiser


[Interlude]
Am E (x3)
F E E/F E ... (hammer-on)


[Chorus]
     Am
It's murder!
            E
That's what some people say
   Am                                        E7
To sit on your hands and ignore it hoping it all goes away
     Am
It's murder!
            E
That's what some people say
  Am                                       E        E7
Political loss when counting the cost will kill any change

     Am
It's murder!
            E
That's what some people say
   Am                                        E7
To sit on your hands and ignore it hoping it all goes away
     Am
It's murder!
            E
That's what some people say
      Am                                 E7                  Am
We're trying to understand but from over here this all seems insane


[Outro]
Am E Am E
A  lala la la la...