10,000 Maniacs — Eat for Two
Eat for Two by 10,000 Maniacs from the album 10,000 Maniacs Unplugged This is definitely one of the hardest songs I've ever learned to play. best of luck with it! It's difficult because of the chords : Fm XX3111 Eb/G XX3121 Eb X43121 Cm X3554X Ab 466544 Db/F X43121 Bbm7 X1312X C7 X32310 Definitely not a three chord song! there's also this Fm7omit3rd chord : XX354X Intro Fm7omit3rd FEAbG Db/F Oh, baby blankets and baby shoes, baby slippers, baby spoons, walls of baby Db Fm Eb/G Eb Cm Ab Db/F Db blue. Dream child in my head is a nightmare born in a borrowed bed Ab Cm BDb7 Ab Now I know, lightning strikes again. It struck me once, Cm Bbm7 Db Ab BC7 then struck me dead. My folly grows inside of me I Fm Fm7omit3rd eat for two, walk for two, breathe for two now. Fm Fm7omit3rd eat for two, walk for two, breathe for two now. (the next verses follow this same pattern of chords so I'm only going to type out the lyrics) Well, the egg man fell down off his shelf All the good king's men with all their help Struggled 'til the end For a shell they couldn't mend You know where this will lead to hush and rock in the nursery for the kicking one inside of me. I eat for two, walk for two, breathe for two now I eat for two, walk for two, breathe for two now When the boy was a boy, and a girl was a girl and they found each other in a wicked world strong in some respects but she couldn't stand for the way he begged And gave in. Pride is for men. Young girls should run and hide instead. Risk the game by taking dares with "yes" Eat for two, walk for two, breathe for two now. eat for two, walk for two, breathe for two now Fm7 Fm7omit3 Walk for two? I'm stumbling. Breathe for two? I...I can't breathe. Fm7 I can't breathe Fm no chord Five months, how it grows, five months now, I begin to show.
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