Lyrics
Farewell this heart’s in a muddle
The air’s too thick
My bones give me trouble
It’s too hot, too hot to breathe
Perfect night to take my leave
These bones will be all that’s left to show
Ghastly crooked teeth sticking out of the earth
In a hideous row
Only the bones will show
No-one will ever know
Only the bones will show
You might think me moribund
A trifle unhealthy
But why should I hang around feeling melancholy
Nothing you say that I could not handle
A drink or two you think would smooth out this mental tangle
Contrary to good opinion
These thoughts of doing myself in could only serve to make this a better place
So put on a happy face
Only the bones will show
No-one will ever know
Only the bones will show
Will you arrange my bones on the mantelpiece
Use their long hard surface to cool down your heat
Like a xylophone
My bleached whites will play along with your songs all night
Only the bones will show
No-one will ever know
Only the bones will show
Sheet Music
These chords provided by Tim Hackett who says
“Only the Bones” is one of my favourite songs off “My Third
Husband”. Ignoring guitar solos, there appear to be two distinct
guitar parts to this song. The first set of chords are the basic ones
underlying the whole song. I don’t thinks these are exactly the
originals as used by Willy Zygier, but leaving them all down the
bottom of the fretboard makes them a bit easier to play. They’re kind
of subdued and muffled chords, so if you don’t like the ones I’ve
suggested, just use your favourite chord formations instead.
This second set of chords are a kind of melody/harmony line you can
play along with the chorus. When you’re listening to the song,
these jump out at you at the beginning of each chorus. The
lyrics are at the top of each row of chords so you know where abouts
you are in the song.
These fret diagrams represent the distorted arpeggio chords Willy
Zygier plays at the tail end of the song. The numbers at the bottom
of each diagram is to let you know in which order to play each note.
