The Night They Moved The House - Ten Strings And A Goat Skin - Corbeau, June 16, 2014 (2) Chords
Tempo:
104.4 bpm
Chords used:
D
C
G
A
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [G]
[A] [C]
[A] No word had spoke from door to door, down the bourgeois road to the harbor shore,
O Joe Labelle would steal the house from the widow [C] Victoria.
[D] [A] He'd found some deed that claimed her land, and a handshake deal just wouldn't stand.
In a court of law he did demand that the house belong [C] to him.
[Em] Ring [G] the church bells in the night, we'll gather at [A] the first [G] starlight.
Bring your lamps, sleighs, and mares to save the [D] widow's home.
[Em] Across the big [D] field or the pond, [G] we'll move this [A] house before the dawn.
[Em] When Joe Labelle [G] arrives, he'll find his prize [A] already [D] gone.
[G]
[D] [C] [D] It seems that some mistake was made on the day her husband made a trade,
and when he died he was [A] betrayed by Joe [D] Labelle's black heart.
He'd gotten to force her to the [A] cold, and he'd bring the sheriff and his [D] force.
So through the dead of winter's hold, we'd come to [C] save her home.
[Em] Ring the [C] church bells in the [G] night, we'll gather [D] at the first [Em] starlight.
Bring your [D] lamps, sleighs, [G] and mares to save [D] the widow's home.
[Em] Across the [C] big field or the [G] pond, we'll move [D] this house before the [Em] dawn.
When Joe [C] Labelle arrives, [G] he'll find his prize [A] already gone.
[D] [C] [A]
[G] [D]
[C] [A]
[E] [C]
[Em] You could see his [C] breath freeze in [G] the air, [Em] as [C] Paphelix [G] said the Lord's Prayer.
And [C] pass the wine to all hands there.
[C] Then he sang [A] a sailor's song.
[D] [C] [D]
There must have been near forty men while the wives all held their lamps for them.
They'd fashion logs, levers, and skids while shivering [C] through the bone.
[D] With winches, logs, and pinot sleigh, they slowly hauled the house away.
And the ice cracked like the break of [A] day as a cross that [G] she was drawn.
We rang the church bells in the night, we worked until the [C#] morning light.
Brought our lamps, sleighs, and mare to save the widow's home.
Across the big field or the pond, we'll move this house before the dawn.
Joe Labelle [G] arrived and found his prize already gone.
We rang the church bells in the night, we worked [D] until the [Em] morning light.
Brought our [C] lamps, sleighs, and [G] mare to save the [D] widow's home.
[Em] Across the [C] big field or the [G] pond, we'll move this [D] house before [G] the dawn.
Joe Labelle arrived and found his prize [D] already gone.
[A] [G] [D] [C]
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[N]
[A] [C]
[A] No word had spoke from door to door, down the bourgeois road to the harbor shore,
O Joe Labelle would steal the house from the widow [C] Victoria.
[D] [A] He'd found some deed that claimed her land, and a handshake deal just wouldn't stand.
In a court of law he did demand that the house belong [C] to him.
[Em] Ring [G] the church bells in the night, we'll gather at [A] the first [G] starlight.
Bring your lamps, sleighs, and mares to save the [D] widow's home.
[Em] Across the big [D] field or the pond, [G] we'll move this [A] house before the dawn.
[Em] When Joe Labelle [G] arrives, he'll find his prize [A] already [D] gone.
[G]
[D] [C] [D] It seems that some mistake was made on the day her husband made a trade,
and when he died he was [A] betrayed by Joe [D] Labelle's black heart.
He'd gotten to force her to the [A] cold, and he'd bring the sheriff and his [D] force.
So through the dead of winter's hold, we'd come to [C] save her home.
[Em] Ring the [C] church bells in the [G] night, we'll gather [D] at the first [Em] starlight.
Bring your [D] lamps, sleighs, [G] and mares to save [D] the widow's home.
[Em] Across the [C] big field or the [G] pond, we'll move [D] this house before the [Em] dawn.
When Joe [C] Labelle arrives, [G] he'll find his prize [A] already gone.
[D] [C] [A]
[G] [D]
[C] [A]
[E] [C]
[Em] You could see his [C] breath freeze in [G] the air, [Em] as [C] Paphelix [G] said the Lord's Prayer.
And [C] pass the wine to all hands there.
[C] Then he sang [A] a sailor's song.
[D] [C] [D]
There must have been near forty men while the wives all held their lamps for them.
They'd fashion logs, levers, and skids while shivering [C] through the bone.
[D] With winches, logs, and pinot sleigh, they slowly hauled the house away.
And the ice cracked like the break of [A] day as a cross that [G] she was drawn.
We rang the church bells in the night, we worked until the [C#] morning light.
Brought our lamps, sleighs, and mare to save the widow's home.
Across the big field or the pond, we'll move this house before the dawn.
Joe Labelle [G] arrived and found his prize already gone.
We rang the church bells in the night, we worked [D] until the [Em] morning light.
Brought our [C] lamps, sleighs, and [G] mare to save the [D] widow's home.
[Em] Across the [C] big field or the [G] pond, we'll move this [D] house before [G] the dawn.
Joe Labelle arrived and found his prize [D] already gone.
[A] [G] [D] [C]
[D]
[N]
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_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [A] No word had spoke from door to door, down the bourgeois road to the harbor shore,
O Joe Labelle would steal the house from the widow [C] Victoria.
_ [D] _ [A] He'd found some deed that claimed her land, and a handshake deal just wouldn't stand.
In a court of law he did demand that the house belong [C] to him.
_ [Em] Ring [G] the church bells in the night, we'll gather at [A] the first [G] starlight.
Bring your lamps, sleighs, and mares to save the [D] widow's home.
[Em] Across the big [D] field or the pond, [G] we'll move this [A] house before the dawn.
[Em] When Joe Labelle [G] arrives, he'll find his prize [A] already [D] gone. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] It seems that some mistake was made on the day her husband made a trade,
and when he died he was [A] betrayed by Joe [D] Labelle's black heart.
He'd gotten to force her to the [A] cold, and he'd bring the sheriff and his [D] force.
So through the dead of winter's hold, we'd come to [C] save her home. _
_ [Em] Ring the [C] church bells in the [G] night, we'll gather [D] at the first [Em] starlight.
Bring your [D] lamps, sleighs, [G] and mares to save [D] the widow's home.
[Em] Across the [C] big field or the [G] pond, we'll move [D] this house before the [Em] dawn.
When Joe [C] Labelle arrives, [G] he'll find his prize [A] already gone.
_ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Em] You could see his [C] breath freeze in [G] the air, _ [Em] as [C] Paphelix [G] said the Lord's Prayer.
_ And [C] pass the wine to all hands there.
_ _ [C] _ _ Then he sang [A] a sailor's song.
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
There must have been near forty men while the wives all held their lamps for them.
They'd fashion logs, levers, and skids while shivering [C] through the bone.
[D] With winches, logs, and pinot sleigh, they slowly hauled the house away.
And the ice cracked like the break of [A] day as a cross that [G] she was drawn.
We rang the church bells in the night, we worked until the [C#] morning light.
Brought our lamps, sleighs, and mare to save the widow's home.
Across the big field or the pond, we'll move this house before the dawn.
Joe Labelle [G] arrived and found his prize already gone.
We rang the church bells in the night, we worked [D] until the [Em] morning light.
Brought our [C] lamps, sleighs, and [G] mare to save the [D] widow's home.
[Em] Across the [C] big field or the [G] pond, we'll move this [D] house before [G] the dawn.
Joe Labelle arrived and found his prize [D] already gone.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [A] No word had spoke from door to door, down the bourgeois road to the harbor shore,
O Joe Labelle would steal the house from the widow [C] Victoria.
_ [D] _ [A] He'd found some deed that claimed her land, and a handshake deal just wouldn't stand.
In a court of law he did demand that the house belong [C] to him.
_ [Em] Ring [G] the church bells in the night, we'll gather at [A] the first [G] starlight.
Bring your lamps, sleighs, and mares to save the [D] widow's home.
[Em] Across the big [D] field or the pond, [G] we'll move this [A] house before the dawn.
[Em] When Joe Labelle [G] arrives, he'll find his prize [A] already [D] gone. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] It seems that some mistake was made on the day her husband made a trade,
and when he died he was [A] betrayed by Joe [D] Labelle's black heart.
He'd gotten to force her to the [A] cold, and he'd bring the sheriff and his [D] force.
So through the dead of winter's hold, we'd come to [C] save her home. _
_ [Em] Ring the [C] church bells in the [G] night, we'll gather [D] at the first [Em] starlight.
Bring your [D] lamps, sleighs, [G] and mares to save [D] the widow's home.
[Em] Across the [C] big field or the [G] pond, we'll move [D] this house before the [Em] dawn.
When Joe [C] Labelle arrives, [G] he'll find his prize [A] already gone.
_ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Em] You could see his [C] breath freeze in [G] the air, _ [Em] as [C] Paphelix [G] said the Lord's Prayer.
_ And [C] pass the wine to all hands there.
_ _ [C] _ _ Then he sang [A] a sailor's song.
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
There must have been near forty men while the wives all held their lamps for them.
They'd fashion logs, levers, and skids while shivering [C] through the bone.
[D] With winches, logs, and pinot sleigh, they slowly hauled the house away.
And the ice cracked like the break of [A] day as a cross that [G] she was drawn.
We rang the church bells in the night, we worked until the [C#] morning light.
Brought our lamps, sleighs, and mare to save the widow's home.
Across the big field or the pond, we'll move this house before the dawn.
Joe Labelle [G] arrived and found his prize already gone.
We rang the church bells in the night, we worked [D] until the [Em] morning light.
Brought our [C] lamps, sleighs, and [G] mare to save the [D] widow's home.
[Em] Across the [C] big field or the [G] pond, we'll move this [D] house before [G] the dawn.
Joe Labelle arrived and found his prize [D] already gone.
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