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The Box by Johnny Flynn
The Box
Capo:no capo
[Chords]
E-079900
B-789900
A-567700
C#m-446654
A-577655
[Intro]
E B A x2
[Verse 1]
C#m A
Rob lived in a box by the rails
C#m A
Only thing he knew, you don't fail
C#m A
When you live in a box by the rails
B A E
Don't comb your hair, don't comb your tail
[Chorus]
E
Sweep my mess away
E
Leave my body, leave my bones
E
Leave me whole and leave my soul
A C#m
Leave me nothing, I don't need at all
A E
Nothing, I don't need at all
[Verse 2]
He ate from the bins in the park
Stayed out with the rats after dark
Never left a trail, never made his mark
When he ate with the rats after dark
[Chorus]
E
Sweep my mess away
E
Leave my body, leave my bones
E
Leave me whole and leave my soul
A C#m
Leave me nothing, I don't need at all
A E
Nothing, I don't need at all
[Verse 3]
Calling on his friends, never made him sad
Didn't want the things he never had
It only made them feel so bad
For having the things he never had
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothing, I don't need at all
Nothing, I don't need at all
[Verse 4]
If you stay in that box overnight
And don't get out when it gets light
There's not much lost of the secret life
That's done wrong and it's never done right
Now some more flowers grow
The corn gets eaten by a few more crows
And an old man's box is full of bones
Won't see his footprints in the snow
[Chorus] x2
E
Sweep my mess away
E
Leave my body, leave my bones
E
Leave me whole and leave my soul
A C#m
Leave me nothing, I don't need at all
A E
Nothing, I don't need at all
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version 2
Capo:1st fret
Sounds better barred but it's not vital.
Intro:
D A G D A G
Bm G Bm
Rob lived in a box by the rails
G Bm
Only think he knew's you don't fail
G A
if you live in a box by the rails
D
dont' comb your hair don't comb your tails
Chorus:
D
Sweep my mess away,
D
Leave my body, leave my bones
D
Leave my hold and leave my soul
G Bm
Leave me nothing i don't need at all,
G D
Nothing i don't need at all
D A G
Bm G Bm
He ate from the bins in the park
G Bm
Stayed out with the rats after dark
G A
Never left a trail, never made his mark
D
When he ate with the rats after dark
Chorus
Bm G Bm
Calling all his friends, never made him sad
G Bm
With all the things he never had
G A
It only made them feel so bad
D
For having the things he never had
Chorus
Bm G Bm
If you stay in that box overnight
G Bm
Don't get out 'till it gets light
G A
There's not much lost of the secret life
Bm
It's never gone wrong and it's never gone right
G Bm
Now some more flowers grow
G Bm
And the palm gets eaten by a few more throws
G A
An old man's box is full of bones
G D
See his footprints in the snow
Chorus X2
outro: D A G D A G D A G D A G
D
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version 3
Capo:2nd fret
Tuning - EADGBD
D5 - xx0230
Asus4 - x02220
G - 320000
Bm - x24432 (possibly x24234 because it does sound a bit odd)
G7 - 355433
The other tab is great but in all his videos he plays with a capo on 2nd
Intro D5 Asus4 G x2 (when on the G he hammers on the a string from 0 to 2)
Bm G7
Rob lived in a box by the rails
Bm G7
Only thing he knew, you don't fail
Bm G7
When you live in a box by the rails
Asus4 G D5 (here on the D5 he hammers from 0
Don't comb your hair, don't comb your tail to 3 on the a string and
continues to do this through the
chorus)
D5
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
G Bm
Leave me nothing, I don't need at all
G D5
Nothing, I don't need at all
Intro chords
He ate from the bins in the park
Stayed out with the rats after dark
Never left a trail, never made his mark
When he ate with the rats after dark
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothing, I don't need at all
Nothing, I don't need at all
Intro chords
Calling on his friends, never made him sad
Didn't want the things he never had
It only made them feel so bad
For having the things he never had
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothing, I don't need at all
Nothing, I don't need at all
Intro Chords
If you stay in that box overnight
And don't get out when it gets light
There's not much lost of the secret life
That's done wrong and it's never done right
Now some more flowers grow
The corn gets eaten by a few more crows
And an old man's box is full of bones
Won't see his footprints in the snow
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothing, I don't need at all
Nothing, I don't need at all
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothing, I don't need at all
Nothing, I don't need at all
Repeat intro chords D5 Asus4 G (At the end while playing D5 he plays
the frets 0 2 4 2 on the high e string)
End on D5
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version 4
Capo:2nd fret
Tuning: EADGBD
Please note the tuning! The tuned down low e string is very important!
Chords:
D5: XX0230
A: X02220
G*: 320030
G: 355433
Bm: X24400
G* can also be played 320000, like a G5
Intro: D5 A G*
Bm G
Rob lived in a box by the rails
Bm G
Only thing he knew, you don't fail
Bm G
When you live in a box by the rails
A G* D5
Don't comb your hair, don't comb your tail
D5
Sweep my mess away
D5
Leave my body, leave my bones
D5
Leave me whole and leave my soul
G* Bm
Leave me nothing, I don't need at all
G* D5
Nothing, I don't need at all
Transition: A G*
He ate from the bins in the park
Stayed out with the rats after dark
Never left a trail, never made his mark
When he ate with the rats after dark
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothing, I don't need at all
Nothing, I don't need at all
Transition
Calling on his friends, never made him sad
Didn't want the things he never had
It only made them feel so bad
For having the things he never had
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothing, I don't need at all
Nothing, I don't need at all
Transition
Bm G
If you stay in that box overnight
Bm G
And don't get out when it gets light
Bm G
There's not much lost of the secret life
A G* Bm
That's done wrong and it's never done right
G
Now some more flowers grow
Bm G
The corn gets eaten by a few more crows
Bm G
And an old man's box is full of bones
A G* D5
Won't see his footprints in the snow
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothing, I don't need at all
Nothing, I don't need at all
D5
Sweep my mess away
D5
Leave my body, leave my bones
D5
Leave me whole and leave my soul
G* Bm
Leave me nothing, I don't need at all
G* D5
Nothing, I don't need at all
The outro is kind of weird, but after the last D5, you switch to A, G*, and
then
it's pretty much the intro
over and over until you're on D5 for the last hit.
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version 5
Capo:2nd fret
Tuning: EADGBD
Esus2no5: XXXX54 (used as a slide from 2-4 on the high D)
Dsus2/C: Dsus2 shape with hammeron 3rd fret A string
Capo: II
(All chords are formed as if it's not in alternate tuning)
Intro: D, A, G6 x4
G's are all barred, G6 doesn't have a fretted high D.
Bm G
Rob lived in a box by the rails
Bm G
Only thing he knew, you don't fail
Bm G
When you live in a box by the rails
A G6
Don't comb your hair, don't comb your tail
Bridge: Dsus2/C
Dsus2/C
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
G6 Bm
Leave me nothing, I don't need at all
G6 Dsus2/C
Nothing, I don't need at all
Bridge: Dsus2/C, A, G6
He ate from the bins in the park
Stayed out with the rats after dark
Never left a trail, never made his mark
When he ate with the rats after dark
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothing, I don't need at all
Nothing, I don't need at all
Calling on his friends, never made him sad
Didn't want the things he never had
It only made them feel so bad
For having the things he never had
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothing, I don't need at all
Nothing, I don't need at all
If you stay in that box overnight
And don't get out when it gets light
There's not much lost of the secret life
That's done wrong and it's never done right
Now some more flowers grow
The corn gets eaten by a few more crows
And an old man's box is full of bones
Won't see his footprints in the stones
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothing, I don't need at all
Nothing, I don't need at all
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothing, I don't need at all
Nothing, I don't need at all
Outro: Dsus2/C, A, G, Dsus2, Esus2no5, Dsus2, Esus2no5
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version 6
Capo:2nd fret
Intro: D A G like this x 2:
------2-2------2-2-00000-------3-----3-2-|
------3-3------3-3-33333-------3-----3-3-|
------2-2------2-2-33333-------0-----0-2-|
-----00-0-----00-0-33333-------0-----0-0-|
-0-3---3--0-3---3--00000--0h2p0-0h2p0----|
-------------------------3---------------|
Verses: Bm G7 Bm G7 Bm G7 A G D
(Play Bm and G7 as barre chords, listen to song for rhythm, play the D with
hammer-ons
like the intro does)
Chorus: D (hold this D out for majority of chorus, with hammer-ons as above),
A, Bm, G7, D
Bm G7
Living in a box by the rails
Bm G7
Only thing you use, you don't fail
Bm G7
When you live in a box by the rails
A G D
Don't comb your hair, don't comb your tail
D
Sweep my mess away
D
Leave my body, leave my bones
D
Leave me holding, leave my soul
A Bm
Leave me nothing I don't need at all
G7 D
Nothing I don't need at all
Yay from the bins, in the parks
Made off with the raps after dark
Never left a trail, never made his mark
When he gave me the raps after dark
Calling all his friends, never made him sad
With all the things he never had
It only made them feel so bad
For having the things he never had
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me holding, leave my soul
Leave me nothing I don't need at all
Nothing I don't need at all
If you stay in that box overnight
Don't get out til it gets light
There's not much lost of the secret life
It's never gone wrong and it's never gone right
Now some more flowers grow
The corn gets eaten by a few more crows
An old man's box is full of bones
Can't see his footprints in the snow
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me holding, leave my soul
Leave me nothing I don't need at all
Nothing I don't need at all
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me holding, leave my soul
Leave me nothing I don't need at all
Nothing I don't need at all
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version 7
Capo:no capo
Intro
E-----------------|
A-----------------|
D-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
G---4-4-4---4-4-4-|
B---5-5-5---5-5-5-|
e---0-0-0---0-0-0-|
E-3---------------------|
A---0h2h4---0h2h4-2h4---|
D---------2-----------2-|
G-----------------------|
B-----------------------|
e-----------------------|
E-7-4-7-4-0-2-4--7-4-7-4-0-2-4-7-4-7-4-0-2-4-5-4-7-4-2-0-0-|
A----------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------------------------|
Rob lived in a box by the rails
Only thing he knew is you don't fail
When you live in a box by the rails
Don't comb your hair, don't comb your tail
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothin' I don't need at all
Nothin' I don't need at all
He ate from the bins in the park
Stayed out with the rats after dark
Never left a trail, never made his mark
When he ate with the rats after dark
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothin' I don't need at all
Nothin' I don't need at all
Callin' on his friends never made him sad
Didn't want the things he never had
It only made them feel so sad
For having the things he never had
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothin' I don't need at all
Nothin' I don't need at all
If you stay in that box overnight
And don't get out when it gets light
There's not much lost of a secret life
That's never done wrong and it's never done right
Now some more flowers grow
And the corn gets eaten by a few more crows
And an old man's box is full of bones
Won't see his footprints in the snow
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothin' I don't need at all
Nothin' I don't need at all
Sweep my mess away
Leave my body, leave my bones
Leave me whole and leave my soul
Leave me nothin' I don't need at all
Nothin' I don't need at all
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