Work Song Chords by Hozier
- Key: Bb
- BPM: 120
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
GUITAR
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GUITAR -
UKULELE
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PIANO
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MANDOLIN
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BANJO
WORK SONG CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] Bb Cm Bb Cm Bb Cm ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Bb Cm Bb Bb ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Cm Boys workin' on empty Bb Cm Is that the kinda way to face the burning heat Bb Cm I just think about my baby Bb I'm so full of love I could barely eat Cm There's nothing sweeter than my baby ■ Bb Cm I'd never want once from the cherry tree Bb Cm ■ 'cause my baby's sweet as can be Bb She give me toothaches just from kissin' me [Chorus] Gm F7 Bb ■ When my ■ time comes around Cm Lay me gently in the cold dark earth Gm Gm7 F Bb ■ No grave can hold my body down Bb I'll crawl home to her [Verse] Cm That's when my baby found me Bb Cm I was three days on a drunken sin Bb Cm7 ■ I woke with her walls around me Bb Nothin' in her room but an empty crib Cm And I was burnin' up a fever ■ Bb Cm I didn't care much how long I lived Bb Cm ■ But I swear I thought I dreamed her Bb She never asked me once about the wrong I did [Chorus] Gm F Bb ■ When my ■ time comes around Cm Lay me gently in the cold dark earth Gm F Bb ■ No grave can hold my body down Bb I'll crawl home to her Gm F Bb ■ When my ■ time comes around Cm Gm Lay me gently in the cold dark earth ■ F Bb No grave can hold my body down Bb I'll crawl home to her [Verse] Cm My babe would never fret none Bb Cm About what my hands and my body done Bb ■ If the Lord don't forgive me Bb I'd still have my baby and my babe would have me Cm When I was kissing on my baby Bb C And she put her love down soft and sweet Bb C7 ■ In the low lamp light I was free C7 Heaven and hell were words to me [Chorus] Gm F When my time comes around Bb Cm7 Cm Lay me gently in the cold dark earth Gm F No grave can hold my body down Bb I'll crawl home to her Gm F When my time comes around Bb Cm Lay me gently in the cold dark earth Gm F No grave can hold my body down Bb I'll crawl home to her [Outro] Gm Cm Bb C Bb C ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
