Mexican Mavis Cifras

Artist: Boy & Bear
Song: Mexican Mavis
EP: With Emperor Antartica
 
Sounds best using bar chords except for the E (major) chord. You may want to play along
with the song first to get some of the timings correct. Of course, you can arpeggiate
these chords to get a more similar sound to what Boy and Bear are playing. If you're
playing the chords, you can palm mute during most of the verse apart from the last line and
the chorus.
 
 
 
Chorus Chant then into
 
 
Bm             A          Bm       A
 Cos they came out of the sunshine
 
Bm        A           Bm       A
 Flowers nestled in their hair
 
Bm                 A               Bm           A
 See they've been stumbling on the backstreets honey
 
  Bm              A       Bm                A
 I won't give in,         no I won't give in
 
    G                  Em
 'Cos my love's not a limit
 
 
Interlude: Bm A x4
 
 
Bm             A     Bm               A
 He got the money,   man he got the fold lines
 
Bm                A        Bm             A
 But he got the problems banging on his door
 
    G             Em
 My love's not a limit
 
 
Interlude: Bm A x4
 
 
Chorus:
 
              Em          D           Bm
 So won't you keep from the beggars of bones
 
     D                     A        E
 For the night comes to bring them home
 
          Em       D          Bm
 If they manage to keep safe skin
 
        A
 He'll call for her
 
         E
 She'll call for him
 
 
Interlude: Bm A x4
 
 
Verse 2
 
 Bm            A         Bm        A
 They got the taste for blood again
 
             Bm        A                Bm            A
 It's their salivating lips just won't leave them to sleep
 
         G            Em
 And my love's not a limit
 
 
Interlude: Bm A x4
 
 
Chorus
 
 
              Em          D           Bm
 So won't you keep from the beggars of bones
 
     D                     A        E
 For the night comes to bring them home
 
          Em       D          Bm
 If they manage to keep safe skin
 
        A
 He'll call for her
 
         E
 She'll call for him
 
 
Bridge:
 
G     Bm       E  x3
 
G     Bm       E
Oh             no   x3
 
 
 
Chorus (Strum once)
 
              Em          D           Bm
 So won't you keep from the beggars of bones
 
     D                     A        E
 For the night comes to bring them home
 
          Em       D          Bm
 If they manage to keep safe skin
 
        A
 He'll call for her
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