Charity Skunk Anansie
Lyrics and guitar chords
Chords Used
A -
C#m -X 4 6 6 5 4
E? -X 0 14 0 12 0
F# -2 4 4 3 2 2
G -3 5 5 4 3 3
Csus2 -X 3 5 5 3 3
Riff
|--0---0-0-0---0-0-4---4-4-0--0--0-----------|
|--2---2-2-2---2-2-5---5-5-12-12-12----------|
|--2---2-2-2---2-2-6---6-6-0--0--0-----------|
|--2---2-2-2---2-2-6---6-6-14-14-14----------|
|--0---0-0-0---0-0-4---4-4-0--0--0-----------|
|--------------------------------------------|
Fig.1
|--
|----2-2----5-----2-2----5-----2-2----5---------|
|---2------6-6---2------6-6---2------6-6--------|
|--2------6-----2------6-----2------6-----------|
|--------4------------4------------4------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
(Play Riff x4)
First Verse
Chorus (w/ fig 1)
N.C.
But I don't want your charity,
(Play Riff x4)
Second Verse
(Play Chorus)
(Play Riff x2)
Bridge
Gratitude for
But
Are screwing with
(Next chorus is with bass only)
(Play riff x7 with lyrics from chorus)
(End with some mucking around on the verse chords).
A -
E
X A
0 D
2 G
2 B
2 E
0C#m -X 4 6 6 5 4
E? -X 0 14 0 12 0
F# -2 4 4 3 2 2
G -3 5 5 4 3 3
Csus2 -X 3 5 5 3 3
Riff
A
C#m
E?|--0---0-0-0---0-0-4---4-4-0--0--0-----------|
|--2---2-2-2---2-2-5---5-5-12-12-12----------|
|--2---2-2-2---2-2-6---6-6-0--0--0-----------|
|--2---2-2-2---2-2-6---6-6-14-14-14----------|
|--0---0-0-0---0-0-4---4-4-0--0--0-----------|
|--------------------------------------------|
Fig.1
|--
A
---0--C#m
-------A
---0--C#m
-------A
---0--C#m
-------------||----2-2----5-----2-2----5-----2-2----5---------|
|---2------6-6---2------6-6---2------6-6--------|
|--2------6-----2------6-----2------6-----------|
|--------4------------4------------4------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
(Play Riff x4)
First Verse
A
Why do C#m
I sense A
benevolence,C#m
A
You stand C#m
tall at my A
great expense,C#m
G
Thick words of gratitude, what a price to F#
pay,G
Stuck in my throat, I sell every word I F#
say.Chorus (w/ fig 1)
N.C.
A
But I don't want your charity,
C#m
Twisting me A
round.C#m
I don't want your A
charity,Csus2
Keeping me down.(Play Riff x4)
Second Verse
A
Why does C#m
your world A
keep buryingC#m
, A
Gorging much C#m
deeper than A
it's ever beenC#m
, G
Rubbing still harder, salt on my F#
heart,G
Licking my burns while I grovel in your F#
dirt.(Play Chorus)
(Play Riff x2)
Bridge
F#
You pity me with your tasteless gestures,Gratitude for
G
kind,But
F#
your bludgeoned, intentioned objectivesAre screwing with
G
my mind, screwing with my F#
mind.(Next chorus is with bass only)
(Play riff x7 with lyrics from chorus)
(End with some mucking around on the verse chords).
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