Chord Summer Skeletons by Radical Face

put a capo on the third fret . if you’re tuned a half - step down to play other radical face songs , then capo the fourth instead . intro : G C Em we were sun - burned and shoeless kids D G it was the dead of july C Em D G we were skippin’ stones in the failing light C Em i smelled the fire place D G although we were miles away C Em we were infinite D there was no time in those days D C when all we knew wasn’t stolen G D there was nothing real to lose C when our heads were still simple G D we’d sleep beneath the moon C you were something G D that would always be around C G when regrets were nowhere to be found G C G D G Em C D x4 G C Em lost out among the trees D G our hands scraped the bark C Em you still had bloody knees D G from your spill in the dark C Em we were both laughing then D G while carving bad words in the wood C Em D we had no need to speak G C D x4 , build up A G into the verse G C Em night , down by the shore C G we were down by the shore G C Em when the skies opened up C Gm G and all the stars fell into the lake C Em when the water was warm C G walked in over my head Em C D Gm G but you pulled me out by the collar of my shirt * * * the gminor chords in that verse are optional , in the song it sounds like only the piano drops into the minor chord briefly * * * G C Em C G C Em D G x2 , but on the second extend the D instead of going into G G C Em D dirt in our ears , sun in our eyes G C Em D shirts hung in rags , head in the clouds G C Em D our fears had no teeth , hearts were still blind G C Em D you barely talked and i didn’t mind G C Em C G Em D x2 , end on G tabbed by magicalzebra