Jonathan Coulton Creepy Doll (ver 3) chords

Creepy Doll (ver 3) by Jonathan Coulton

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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
Am                E
In a town in the woods at the top of a
 C                          D
Hill there’s a house where no one lives
F                  C                   D               E
So you take a big bag of you big city money there and buy it
Am                      E
Then at night when the house dark
           C                    D
And you’re all alone there’s a noise upstairs
F                   C                           D                       E
At the top of the stairs there’s a door so you take a deep breath and try it
          F                   C                Dm              Am
And the flashlight shows you something moving just inside the door
           F                    C                   D              E
There’s a tattered dress and a feeling that you’ve felt somewhere before

CHORUS
Am                        F
And there’s a creepy doll   that always follows you
G                            F# G   G# A
It’s got a ruined eye that’s always op-en
Am                        F
And there’s a creepy doll   that always follows you
G                            F# G   G#   A
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                        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                       D                   E
When he hands you the old wooden box you can hear his old bones creaking
          F                 C               Dm              Am
And you know what you will find inside the moment that you see
      F                   C             Dm               E
That someone carved your name into the tarnished silver key

[CHORUS]

BRIDGE
      F                 C                Dm                Am
And when you come home late the doll is waiting there for you
      F              C                 Dm                 Am
And when you fix a snack the doll says it would like one too
     F               G                 F                G
The doll is in your house and in your room and in your bed
     F              G                F                 G
The doll is in your eyes and in your arms and in your head
              C     F  D7  F
And you are crazy

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                    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
So you lock the doll in the wooden box
F                       C                      D               E
You put the box in the fireplace next to your bag of big city money
         F                  C                 Dm              Am
As the smoke fills up your tiny room there’s nothing you can do
      F                 C              Dm              E
It’s far too late, you see, the one inside the box is you

[CHORUS]