Jonathan Coulton - Creepy Doll

original transcription by m_pony , revised by suuuupaadave
found at :

Am x02210
E 022100
C x32010
D xx0232
F/C x33211
Bm7b5 x2323
xfmaj7/C x33210
G 3×0003
Fmaj7add11/C x33200
D7 xx0212

verse 1 ( n . C for most of the verse so these are implied by the melody )

( Am ) ( E ) ( C )
in a town in the woods at the top of a hill
( D )
there’s a house where no one lives
( F/C ) ( C ) ( D ) ( E )
so you take a big bag of your big city money there , and buy it
( Am ) ( E )
then at night when the house is dark
( C ) ( D )
and you’re all alone there’s a noise upstairs
( F/C ) ( C ) ( D ) ( E )
at the top of the stairs there’s a door so you take a deep breath and try it
F/C C Bm7b5 Am
and the flashlight shows you something moving just inside the door
F/C C D E
there’s a tattered dress and a feeling you have felt somewhere before . . . .

chorus

Am Fmaj7/C
and there’s a creepy doll , that always follows you
G D G E Am
it’s got a ruined eye , that’s always open
Am Fmaj7/C
and there’s a creepy doll , that always follows you
G D G E Am Fmaj7add11/C
it’s got a pretty mouth , to swallow you whole

verse 2

Am E
so you scream and you close the door
C D
and you tell yourself it was just a dream
F/C C D E
in the morning you head into town cause you want to go antiquing
Am E
in the store there’s a strange old man
C D
with a wandering eye and a withered hand
F/C C D E
when he hands you the old wooden box you can hear his old bones creaking

F/C C Bm7b5 Am
and you know what you will find inside the moment that you see
F/C C D E
that someone carved your name into the tarnished silver key

chorus

Am Fmaj7/C
and there’s a creepy doll , that always follows you
G D G E Am
it’s got a ruined eye , that’s always open
Am Fmaj7/C
and there’s a creepy doll , that always follows you
G D G E Am
it’s got a pretty mouth , to swallow you whole

bridge
F/C C Bm7b5 Am
and when you come home late the doll is waiting up for you
F/C C Bm7b5 Am
and when you fix a snack the doll says it would like one too
F/C G F/C G
the doll is in your house and in your room and in your bed
F/C G F/C G C
the doll is in your eyes and in your arms and in your head and you are crazy

| F/C | D7 | F/C |

verse 3

Am E
now it’s late and you head downstairs
C D
cause you just can’t sleep so you make some tea
F/C C D E
and the doll disapprovingly asks if you really need that much honey
Am E
you decide that you’ve had enough
C D
and you lock the doll in the wooden bo
xf/C C D E
you put the box in the fireplace next to your bag of big city money
F/C ) C Bm7b5 Am
as the smoke fills up your tiny room there’s nothing you can do
F/C C D E
and far too late you see the one inside the box is you

chorus
Am Fmaj7/C
and there’s a creepy doll , that always follows you
G D G E Am
it’s got a ruined eye , that’s always open
Am Fmaj7/C
and there’s a creepy doll , that always follows you
G D G E Am Fmaj7add11/C
it’s got a pretty mouth , to swallow you whole

for more detailed information on this song , see lesson a week 18 . . .
http : //www . youtube . com/watch?v = – 6dr6mnnnpg