(Am)Come on, skin ny love, just last the year,
to (Am)pour a lit tle salt, we were nev er here.
My my my, my my my, my my!
Star ing at the (G)sink
of blood and crushed ve neer.
(Am)Come on, Tell my love to wreck it all,
and (Am)cut out all the ropes and were let me fall.
My my my, my my my, my my!
Right at this the (G)sink
of blood and crushed ve neer.
(G)mo ment,
this or der’s (Am)tall.
And I (C)told you to be pa tient, and I (G)told you to be (F)fine.
And I (C)told you to be bal anced, and I (G)told you to be (F)kind.
And in the (C)morn ing, I’ll be with you, but it will (G)be a dif f’rent (F)kind, and I’ll be (C)hold ing all the tick ets and you’ll be (G)ow ing all the (F)fines.
(Am)Come on, skin ny love, what hap pened here?
We (Am)suck led on the hope in light bras sieres.
My my my, my my my, my my!
Sul len load is (G)full,
so slow on the split.
And I
Who will love you?
Who will (F)fight?
Who will fall
far be (F)hind?
This page shows “Skinny Love” by Bon Iver in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 140 BPM, a slightly more challenging arrangement — practice each phrase slowly first.