Fingerprints


From Kloot's Mercury Prize-nominated Sky At Night Album. A very beautiful song that is also straightforward to learn. Standard tuning Capo at 2nd fret Am x02210 Am/G 3x2210 C 032010 D xx0232 F6 1x3231 Intro ===== Am /G D Asus4/F Am (x3) Verse 1 ======= Am /G D If heaven is a place upon your skin F6 Am That I may have touched from with-out to within Am /G D Well then dust yourself of fingerprints and grin F6 Am And grin Refrain 1 ========= C /B Am Cos we don't have to stay F6 With these people whose ideas Am Are just what other people say Refrain 1 ========= C /B Am We can walk a-way F6 From these feelings that are filling up Am E Our lives with daze F E C B F E Verse 2 ======= Am /G D And I guess that I've been singing all my life F6 Am Well that's right and that is fine Am /G D I been spending all your money and your time F6 Am Well that's right and that is fine Refrain 2 ========= C /B Am Cos I don't have to stay F6 With these feelings that are filling up Am My life with daze C /B Am I can walk a-way F6 From these people whose ideas Am E Are just what other people say F E C B F E Again and again Verse 3 ======= Am /G D And the crowd that is gathered is con-fused F6 Am We're all trembling inside solitude Am /G D We've got nothing left to use F6 We've got all the bullets Am But there's no-one left to shoot Refrain 3 ========= C /B Am And we can't walk a-way F6 From these feelings that are filling up Am Our lives with daze C /B Am We may have to stay F6 With these people whose ideas Am E Are just what other people say F E C B F E Again and again Verse 4 ======= Am /G D Well if heaven is a place upon your skin F6 Am That I may have touched from with-out to within Am /G D Well then dust yourself of fingerprints and grin F6 Am And grin and grin Am /G D I guess that I've been singing all my life F6 Am Well that's right and that is fine Am /G D I been spending all your money and your time F6 Am Well that's right and that is fine Outro ===== Am /G D Asus4/F Am (x2) ----------------------------------------- I hope I've done it justice! Kevin O'Brien Watford England June 2011 watfordkev@gmail.com