Jonathan Coulton - Creepy doll
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Email: calvin@long-mills.ca
This is how I play "Creepy Doll" by JoCo. I forget where I originally got these chords but the versions I
found on UG are either oddly formatted or inaccurate.
The chords in the first verse aren't played in the studio version but singing a capella in an acoustic
performance is really weird so I put them in. Technically the chords start at the word "flashlight".
Also, I play the F# G G# A with all barre chords and then slide down the fretboard with the A.
VERSE 1
AmIn a town in the wEoods at the top of a
HCill there’s a house whereD no one lives
FSo you take a big bCag of you big city mDoney there and bEuy it
AmThen at night when the hEouse dark
And you’rCe all alone there’sD a noise upstairs
FAt the top of the stCairs there’s a door so youD take a deep breath and Etry it
And the flFashlight shows you sComething moving jDmust inside the dAmoor
There’s aF tattered dress and aC feeling that you’Dve felt somewheEre before
CHORUS
AmAnd there’s a creepy dolFl that always follows you
GIt’s got a ruined eye that?F#??sG alwG#aysA op-en
AmAnd there’s a creepy dolFl that always follows you
GIt’s got a pretty mouth to F#swaGllowG# you Awhole
VERSE 2
AmSo you scream and you clEose the door
And you tCell yourself it was jDust a dream
FIn the morning you hCead into town cause you wDant to go Eantiquing
AmIn the store there’s a sEtrange old man
With a wCandering eye and a wDithered hand
FWhen he hands you the Cold wooden box you can hDear his old bones crEeaking
And you knFow what you will fCind inside the mDmoment that you sAmee
That sFomeone carved your nCame into the tDmarnished silver kEey
[CHORUS]
BRIDGE
And whFen you come home lCate the doll is wDmaiting there for yAmou
And whFen you fix a snCack the doll says Dmit would like one tAmoo
The dFoll is in your hGouse and in your rFoom and in your bGed
The dFoll is in your Geyes and in your Farms and in your hGead
And you are crCazy F D7 F
VERSE 3
AmNow it’s late and youE head downstairs
Cause you jCust can’t sleep so youD make some tea
FAnd the doll disapprCovingly asks if you rDeally need that much hEoney
AmYou decide that you’veE had enough
So you lCock the doll in the wDooden box
FYou put the box in the fCireplace next to your bDag of big city mEoney
As the smFoke fills up your tCiny room there’sDm nothing you canAm do
It’sF far too late, youC see, the one iDmnside the box isE you
[CHORUS]