The Killing Type - Amanda Palmer, guitar chords

Published: 2021-12-25 19:22
Selection chords: Katie Paterson

                          C  Em
I wouldnʼt kill to win a war
                             C  Em
I donʼt get what they do it for
                       C   Em
Itʼs all so terribly vague
                           D
I see the pictures from a thousand years of battle
                         C   Em
And I think itʼs such a bore
                           C   Em
I walk New Orleans with a knife
                           C   Em
Like Mackie hidden out of sight
                           C    Em
But Iʼd be useless if they jumped
                            D
Iʼm really not the killing type

 A5
Iʼm not the killing type
Iʼm not the killing type
Iʼm not, Iʼm not
Iʼm not the killing type, Iʼm not

                            C   Em
Iʼve got a picture of your mum
                             C    Em
Before the war when she was young
                             C   Em
Sheʼs got an etching to her right
                               D
I think itʼs funny that sheʼs looking
to the left and itʼs her son
                            C   Em
I wouldnʼt kill to get you back
                          C    Em
And Iʼve officially been asked
                           C Em
I couldnʼt kill to save a life
                           D
Iʼd rather die a peaceful piece of shit-bait,
shame-filled coward, thanks

 A5
Iʼm not the killing type
Iʼm not the killing type
Iʼm not, Iʼm not
Iʼm not the killing type, Iʼm not

                              C   Em
But I would kill to make you feel
                               C   Em
I donʼt mean kill someone for real
                           C    Em
I couldnʼt do that, it is wrong
                       A5
But I can say it in a song, a song, a song

                   C
And Iʼm saying it NOW
               Em7
Iʼm saying it SO
                   D                                     A5
Even if you never hear this song, somebody else would know
               C
Iʼm saying it NOW
               Em7
Iʼm saying it SO
                   D             A5
Even if you never hear this song,
somebody else will know, know, know, know

 C
I just canʼt explain how good it feels
 D
I just canʼt explain how good it feels
 C
I just canʼt explain how good it feels
 D
I just canʼt describe

                           C  Em
I once stepped on a dying bird
                         C
It was a mercy killing, I couldnʼt sleep for a week
 Em
I kept feeling its breaking bones
   C
I heard
 Em                             C
   That if you see a star at night
 Em                               C
   And the conditions are just right
 Em                             C
   And you are standing on a cliff
 Em                                    D
   Then you can close your eyes and make a wish,
and take a step, and change somebodyʼs life

 A5
Iʼm not the killing type
Iʼm not the killing type
Iʼm not, Iʼm not
Iʼm not the killing type, Iʼm not

                             C   Em
But I would kill to make you feel
                               C  Em
Iʼd kill to move your face an inch
                        C
I see you staring into space
                         D
I wanna stick my fist into your mouth
and twist your arctic heart

                              C   Em
Yes, I would kill to make you feel
                               C   Em
I donʼt mean kill someone for real
                           C   Em
I couldnʼt do that, it is wrong
                       A5
But I can say it in a song, a song, a song

                   C
And Iʼm saying it NOW
               Em7
Iʼm saying it SO
                   D                                     A5
Even if you never hear this song, somebody else would know
               C
Iʼm saying it NOW
               Em7
Iʼm saying it SO
                   D                                     A5
Even if you never hear this song, somebody else would know,
know, know, know

 C
I just canʼt explain how good it feels
 D
I just canʼt explain how good it feels
 C
I just canʼt explain how good it feels
 D
I just canʼt describe, -ibe, -ibe

 Em
DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE
 A5
Iʼm not the killing type