Bon Iver
Skinny Love

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Tuning: E A D G B e (standard)
*Note: This is only an interpretation for standard tuning. Chords are labeled to 
with the way I named the open-tuned version.

Am: x0201x
C: x3201x
D: x5403x
C/B: x2x01x

Here are a couple of the riffs he uses throughout the song. Since it's in an open 
you can let the other strings ring out:

C|-------------------|-------0---------|
C|-------------------|-7-9-7---7-9-7-5-|
G|-7-9-7-5---7-9-7-5-|-----------------|
C|-------------------|-----------------|
C|-------------------|-----------------|
G|-------------------|-----------------|

Intro:
Am C
Am C
A C
D Am C

Verse:

Am (x02210@1)            CCome (x32010@1)on skinny love just last the year
Am (x02210@1)           CPour (x32010@1)a little salt we were never here
        Am (x02210@1)         CMy, (x32010@1)my, my, my, my, my, my, my
               D (xx0232@1)                              Am (x02210@1) CStaring (x32010@1)at the sink of blood and crushed veneer

Am (x02210@1)               CI (x32010@1)tell my love to wreck it all
Am (x02210@1)             CCut (x32010@1)out all the ropes and let me fall
        Am (x02210@1)         CMy, (x32010@1)my, my, my, my, my, my, my
             D (xx0232@1)                 AmRight (x02210@1)in the moment this order's tall

Chorus:

  CI (x32010@1)told you to be patient
  C/B (x2555x@1)          AmI (x02210@1)told you to be fine
  CI (x32010@1)told you to be balanced

  C/B (x2555x@1)          AmI (x02210@1)told you to be kind
       CIn (x32010@1)the morning I'll be with you
            C/B (x2555x@1)           AmBut (x02210@1)it will be a different "kind"

        CI'll (x32010@1)be holding all the tickets

              C/B (x2555x@1)          AmAnd (x02210@1)you'll be owning all the fines

Verse:

Am (x02210@1)             CCome (x32010@1)on skinny love what happened here
Am (x02210@1)           CSuckle (x32010@1)on the hope in lite brassiere
        Am (x02210@1)         CMy, (x32010@1)my, my, my, my, my, my, my
               D (xx0232@1)                        AmSullen (x02210@1)load is full; so slow on the split

C (x32010@1)Chorus:

  CI (x32010@1)told you to be patient
  C/B (x2555x@1)          AmI (x02210@1)told you to be fine
  CI (x32010@1)told you to be balanced

  C/B (x2555x@1)          AmI (x02210@1)told you to be kind
    CNow (x32010@1)all your love is wasted?

     C/B (x2555x@1)            AmThen (x02210@1)who the hell was I?
        CNow (x32010@1)I'm breaking at the britches
           C/B (x2555x@1)           AmAnd (x02210@1)at the end of all your lines

Bridge:

CWho (x32010@1)will love you?

C/B (x2555x@1)    AmWho (x02210@1)will fight?

C (x32010@1)      C/B (x2555x@1)    AmWho (x02210@1)will fall far behind?

Outro:

Am C
Am C
Am C
D Am C


Lyrics: http://www.lyricsandsongs.com/song/877591.html
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