Chords for Brown Bird - Fingers To The Bone - 7/28/2012 - Paste Ruins at Newport Folk Festival
Tempo:
90.1 bpm
Chords used:
Em
A
G
F#m
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] What?
[E] What?
[G]
Work [Em] my fingers to the bone, not a pretty little penny have I got to show, I ain't looking
for much, just a little bit of rest by [F#] the side of the [B] road.
I [A] lift my [Em] voice to the forces above, the lords [A] of labor and the gods of love.
Ain't I [Em] been a good, hard working, baby servant son?
[G#] [G]
[E] [F#m] [G] [Em]
[G] [Em] [A]
[F#m] And [Em] the sky it [G] sounds black, and it cracks, [Em] thunder and voice work it what you are, and
you're [F#m] breathing in and [Em] out, your final breath falls to your low.
[A] [Em] Swing down [A] and sledge him through, a little test of mind, [Em] a little black shoulder to your good.
Get up off the ground, you [A] can lay down when the day is done, [Em] and on the sleeping bed,
there [A] you can lay in the [G] morning sun.
I won't make my home on a mountain high, it is me [Em] and my lover in the big old sky, and
asking for much, just a little bit of rest for the day [B] that I die.
[G] I lift [Em] my voice to the forces above, the [A] loads of labor and the gods of love, [Em] it ain't been
a good [B] hard [G] work, and baby service son.
[Em] [F#] [Em]
[F#m] [Em]
[F#m] And [Em] the sky it [G] sounds black, and it cracks, [C] thunder [Em] and voice work it what you are, and
you're breathing in and out, your final breath falls to your low.
[F#m] Swing [Em] down and sledge him through, [A]
a [Em] little test of mind, [G] a little black shoulder to [A] your good.
[Em] Get up off [G] the ground, you can lay [Em] down when the [A] day is done, [B] and on the sleeping bed,
[Em] there you can lay in the morning sun.
Swing down [A] and sledge him through, a little test of [Em] mind, a little black shoulder to your good.
Get up off the ground, [A] you can lay down when the day is done, [Em] and on the sleeping bed,
there you can lay in the morning sun.
[Am] [F]
[Em] [F#] Thanks everybody.
[A]
[E] What?
[G]
Work [Em] my fingers to the bone, not a pretty little penny have I got to show, I ain't looking
for much, just a little bit of rest by [F#] the side of the [B] road.
I [A] lift my [Em] voice to the forces above, the lords [A] of labor and the gods of love.
Ain't I [Em] been a good, hard working, baby servant son?
[G#] [G]
[E] [F#m] [G] [Em]
[G] [Em] [A]
[F#m] And [Em] the sky it [G] sounds black, and it cracks, [Em] thunder and voice work it what you are, and
you're [F#m] breathing in and [Em] out, your final breath falls to your low.
[A] [Em] Swing down [A] and sledge him through, a little test of mind, [Em] a little black shoulder to your good.
Get up off the ground, you [A] can lay down when the day is done, [Em] and on the sleeping bed,
there [A] you can lay in the [G] morning sun.
I won't make my home on a mountain high, it is me [Em] and my lover in the big old sky, and
asking for much, just a little bit of rest for the day [B] that I die.
[G] I lift [Em] my voice to the forces above, the [A] loads of labor and the gods of love, [Em] it ain't been
a good [B] hard [G] work, and baby service son.
[Em] [F#] [Em]
[F#m] [Em]
[F#m] And [Em] the sky it [G] sounds black, and it cracks, [C] thunder [Em] and voice work it what you are, and
you're breathing in and out, your final breath falls to your low.
[F#m] Swing [Em] down and sledge him through, [A]
a [Em] little test of mind, [G] a little black shoulder to [A] your good.
[Em] Get up off [G] the ground, you can lay [Em] down when the [A] day is done, [B] and on the sleeping bed,
[Em] there you can lay in the morning sun.
Swing down [A] and sledge him through, a little test of [Em] mind, a little black shoulder to your good.
Get up off the ground, [A] you can lay down when the day is done, [Em] and on the sleeping bed,
there you can lay in the morning sun.
[Am] [F]
[Em] [F#] Thanks everybody.
[A]
Key:
Em
A
G
F#m
B
Em
A
G
[D] _ What?
[E] What?
_ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Work _ _ [Em] my fingers to the bone, not a pretty little penny have I got to show, I ain't looking
for much, just a little bit of rest by [F#] the side of the [B] road.
I [A] lift my [Em] voice to the forces above, the lords [A] of labor and the gods of love.
Ain't I [Em] been a good, hard working, baby servant son?
_ _ [G#] _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A]
[F#m] And [Em] the sky it [G] sounds black, and it cracks, [Em] thunder and voice work it what you are, and
you're [F#m] breathing in and [Em] out, your final breath falls to your low.
[A] _ [Em] _ Swing down [A] and sledge him through, a little test of mind, [Em] a little black shoulder to your good.
Get up off the ground, you [A] can lay down when the day is done, [Em] and on the sleeping bed,
there [A] you can lay in the [G] morning sun. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I won't make my home on a mountain high, it is me [Em] and my lover in the big old sky, and
asking for much, just a little bit of rest for the day [B] that I die.
_ [G] I lift [Em] my voice to the forces above, the [A] loads of labor and the gods of love, [Em] it ain't been
a good [B] hard [G] work, and baby service son. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [F#] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] And [Em] the sky it [G] sounds black, and it cracks, [C] thunder [Em] and voice work it what you are, and
you're breathing in and out, your final breath falls to your low.
_ _ [F#m] Swing [Em] down and sledge him through, [A]
a [Em] _ little test of mind, [G] a little black shoulder to [A] your good.
[Em] Get up off [G] the ground, you can lay [Em] down when the [A] day is done, [B] and on the sleeping bed,
[Em] there you can lay in the morning sun.
Swing down [A] and sledge him through, a little test of [Em] mind, a little black shoulder to your good.
Get up off the ground, [A] you can lay down when the day is done, [Em] and on the sleeping bed,
there you can lay in the morning sun.
[Am] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [F#] Thanks everybody.
_ _ _ [A] _
[E] What?
_ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Work _ _ [Em] my fingers to the bone, not a pretty little penny have I got to show, I ain't looking
for much, just a little bit of rest by [F#] the side of the [B] road.
I [A] lift my [Em] voice to the forces above, the lords [A] of labor and the gods of love.
Ain't I [Em] been a good, hard working, baby servant son?
_ _ [G#] _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A]
[F#m] And [Em] the sky it [G] sounds black, and it cracks, [Em] thunder and voice work it what you are, and
you're [F#m] breathing in and [Em] out, your final breath falls to your low.
[A] _ [Em] _ Swing down [A] and sledge him through, a little test of mind, [Em] a little black shoulder to your good.
Get up off the ground, you [A] can lay down when the day is done, [Em] and on the sleeping bed,
there [A] you can lay in the [G] morning sun. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I won't make my home on a mountain high, it is me [Em] and my lover in the big old sky, and
asking for much, just a little bit of rest for the day [B] that I die.
_ [G] I lift [Em] my voice to the forces above, the [A] loads of labor and the gods of love, [Em] it ain't been
a good [B] hard [G] work, and baby service son. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [F#] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] And [Em] the sky it [G] sounds black, and it cracks, [C] thunder [Em] and voice work it what you are, and
you're breathing in and out, your final breath falls to your low.
_ _ [F#m] Swing [Em] down and sledge him through, [A]
a [Em] _ little test of mind, [G] a little black shoulder to [A] your good.
[Em] Get up off [G] the ground, you can lay [Em] down when the [A] day is done, [B] and on the sleeping bed,
[Em] there you can lay in the morning sun.
Swing down [A] and sledge him through, a little test of [Em] mind, a little black shoulder to your good.
Get up off the ground, [A] you can lay down when the day is done, [Em] and on the sleeping bed,
there you can lay in the morning sun.
[Am] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [F#] Thanks everybody.
_ _ _ [A] _