Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

 There's a skeleton, in everybody's closet

 I can think of one or two in my own room

 But I would like to introduce them both to you

 Shake their bony hands and so dispell the gloom

 Cause your so kind

 I know you would not mind

 You'd send away the ghosts that haunt me now

 And the things I fear

 Just wouldn't seem so near

 And when I stroll out late at night

 There would be nothin' rattlin' at my heels

 There are night when all my aching bones won't let me sleep

 And demons come to plague me as I lie in bed

 But I know if you were sleeping there beside me then

 That you would fend them off and they would let me rest

 Cause your so kind

 I know you would not mind

 You'd send away the ghosts that haunt me now

 And the things I fear

 Just wouldn't seem so near

 And when I stroll out late at night

 There would be nothin' rattlin' at my heels

 There are nights

 When the wind comes howling through my old place

 I have dreams

 And I wake up with the sweat pouring down my face

 And I wait.........

 Till the morning comes

 There will come a time I fear when all my days are done

 And they will come collect my corpse and bury me

 And then I hope that you'll come over to the Other Side

 Join me in our new life, keep me company

 Cause your so kind

 I know you would not mind

 You'd send away the ghosts that haunt me now

 And the things I fear

 Just wouldn't seem so near

 And when I stroll out late at night

 There would be nothin' rattlin' at my heels