Learn to play "Skin and Bone" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
G Fat Flabby Annie was incredibly big D She weighed just about sixteen stone G C And then a fake dietician went and C# D put her on a diet G D Now she looks like skin and bone. Do the meditation and yoga And she's thrown away the Good Food Guide And she's given up the alcohol and pizzas And the pies and now she's looking like she's ready to die You can't see her walk by G Don't eat no mashed potatoes, G D Don't eat no buttered scones G Stay away from carbohydrates G D G You're gonna look like skin and bone. Living on the edge of starvation And she says she's got no appetite And her father and her mother And her sisters and her brothers Couldn't see her when she walked by You can't see her walk by Chorus: She don't eat no mashed potatoes She don't eat no buttered scones Stay away from carbohydrates You're gonna look like skin and bone C C# D She used to be so cuddly, C C# D She used to be so fat, C C# D But oh what a sin cos she's oh so thin G That she lost all the friends that she had, She looks like skin and bone If you look flabby And you feel overweight And you wanna lose a couple of stone Take a crash course diet, do your daily exercises And you'll look like skin and bone Come on rattle them bones Put your hands up to the ceiling Bend your hips and touch your toes Do your daily exercises You're gonna look like skin and bone Chorus: Don't eat no mashed potatoes Don't eat no buttered scones Don't eat no carbohydrates You're gonna look like skin and bone (skin and bone) Bones, them bones, them skin and bones Them bones, them bones, them skin and You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsC C# D G Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "Skin and Bone" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Skin and Bone" by The Kinks.