Charons Obol

Intro: 
A G G D 
D A 


 
   Bm            E              D           A 
At midnight, the dogs 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                G 
Out to feed those dogs and let her memories bathe 
       G               E 
In the moonlight for a while (Ooh-ooh-ooh) 
 

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

Interlude:
 
        A     D 
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh 
 D G D G E 
        D            
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 


 
Bm           E                   D        A 
On her first night wandering 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               D 
Out the kitchen window right at 12 o'clock (Ooh) 
         G                            E7 
A dozen silent dogs of all different type (Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh) 
 

 
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                  G              D 
She took it on to start a new life in that house (Ooh, ooh, ooh) 
A            G           D 
Be the token coin in its mouth (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) 
A                 G                     A     D 
Maybe with enough time tending to that ground (Ooh-ooh) 
A                G            D 
She can heal the heart of her house (Ooh) 
A                G            D    A D 
Feeding all the hounds at its mouth (Ooh)