Simplified Chords Dirty Paws

Dirty Paws, written by Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir and Ragnar Þórhallsson, is famously known as the opening track for Of Monsters and Mens album My Head Is an Animal. The song narrates a fantastical battle among forest creatures, featuring references to the bee queen and the dragon, symbolizing themes of friendship, nature, and resilience.

Key:  Am 
Am
                      
C
 
Jumping up and down the floor
   
C
          
F
     
My head is an animal
    
Am
                    
C
 
And once there was an animal
C
                           
F
     
It had a son that mowed the lawn
    
Am
             
C
 
The son was an ok guy
C
                    
F
     
They had a pet dragonfly
    
Am
                 
C
 
The dragonfly it ran away
C
                                
F
     
But it came back with a story to say

Am
  
C
    
F
     
Hey!
Am
  
C
    
F
     
Hey!

    
Am
                   
C
 
Her dirty paws and furry coat
                        
F
     
She ran down the forest slope
    
Am
                  
C
 
The forest of talking trees
                                          
F
     
They used to sing about the birds and the bees
    
Am
                  
C
 
The bees had declared a war
                                   
F
     
The sky wasn't big enough for them all
    
Am
                         
C
 
The birds they got help from below
                                     
F
     
From dirty paws and the creatures of snow

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G
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C
 
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G
 
Am
 
G
 /B
C
 
C
 
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G
 

Am
  
C
    
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Hey!
Am
  
C
    
F
     
Hey!

    
Am
                       
C
 
And for a while things were cold
                               
F
     
They were scared down in their holes
    
Am
                   
C
 
The forest that once was green
                                     
F
     
Was colored black by those killing machines
    
Am
                   
C
 
But she and her furry friends
                                
F
     
Took down the queen bee and her men
    
Am
                    
C
 
And that's how the story goes
                                             
F
     
The story of the beast with those four dirty paws

Am
 
G
 /B
C
 
La la  la
C
  
F
     
Am
 
G
 
La la    la la
Am
 
G
 /B
C
 
La la  la
C
  
F
     
Am
 
G
 
La la    la la
Am
 
G
 /B
C
 
La la  la
C
  
F
     
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G
 
La la    la la
Am
 
G
 /B
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La la  la
C
  
F
     
Am
 
G
 
La la    la la
Am
 
G
 /B
Am
 
C
 
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Hey!
Am
 
C
 
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Hey!
Am
 
C
 
F
     
Hey!
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C
 
F
     
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G
 /B
C