Mitski – Charons Obol Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are Charons Obol chords by Mitski for Piano and Ukulele.

[Intro]
A G G D
D A

[Verse 1]
   Bm            E   
At midnight, the dogs
           D           A
 gathered around the house
                G
Around her house (Ooh, ooh,
 ooh-ooh)
Bm             E        D
 Her heart was like a drawer
         G               D
She only opened when she went
        G                  D  
Out to feed those dogs and let
              G
 her memories bathe
       G               E
In the moonlight for a while 
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)

[Chorus]
Bm                E  
  Those were the dogs 
              D
owned by the girls
    A                 G
Who died in that house (Ooh,
 ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh)
Bm     E        D     
  Meeting every night,
         G             D
 keeping vigil in the place (Oh)
            G            D
Where their people went away
             A            
And so she'd wake the rest
         G                 A D
 of her nights in that house
A               G     
Feeding all the hounds
          D
 at its mouth

[Interlude]
        A   B  D
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
B D G D G E
    B    D           B
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
           D           Em G
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
   D     G  D D D
Oh-oh-oh-oh
           D            Bm
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh

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[Verse 2]
Bm           E              
On her first night wandering
     D        A
 through the dark (Ooh-ooh)
                G
Of her new house (Ooh,
 ooh, ooh, ooh)
Bm   E         D
  Solemn as a bride
                       G
That's when she first saw 
them (Ooh)
        D              G    
Out the kitchen window right
           D
 at 12 o'clock (Ooh)
         G                
A dozen silent dogs of all 
            E7
different type (Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh)

[Chorus]
Bm           E               D
  She almost was one of the girls
      A               G
Who died in that house (Ooh, 
ooh, ooh)
Bm                 E    D
  So when it was stigmatized
            A                
She took it on to start a new
  G              D
 life in that house (Ooh,
 ooh, ooh)
A            G           D
Be the token coin in its mouth 
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
A                 G           
Maybe with enough time tending
          A     D
 to that ground (Ooh-ooh)
A                G    
She can heal the heart
        D
 of her house (Ooh)
A                G     
Feeding all the hounds
       D    A D
 at its mouth (Ooh)