Chords for You Won't Make Old Bones - Jez Lowe - 5th December 2013
Tempo:
136.35 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Cm
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [G] When I was young, my father said to me, he said to [D] me, [G] he said, never take advice when it comes to faith.
You can have all the riches of the [C] gold [G] kind, but without the riches [D] of your peace of [G] mind, you won't make a home, you won't make a home, you won't make a home, you'll see.
[C] [D] [G] The old man said, curse time, the serpent's hand, [D] time, the serpent's [G] hand, I said, curse [C] the [G] time upon my
[C] hands.
[D] [G] And then old Gregory goes [C] out to the sun and the sea, [G] the stone that he carries, he'll [D] explain to thee, [G] he says, you [C] won't make [G] a home, you won't make a home, [Cm] you won't [G] make a home, you'll see.
[C] [G] Now there are some folks, they [Cm] might remark [G] on me, furrows and frown, me furrows and [D] frown, [G] they say the only way is to [C] get up [G] when they put you
[C] down.
[D] [G] But everybody [C] gives the same advice, they [G] said, go and sign up [D] for a circus, you [G] won't make a home, [C] you won't [G] make a home, you won't make a home, you'll see.
So [C] I went to the army like everybody [G] told me to, they [C] said, we'd love to make a soldier [G] out of you.
But [C] before I put [G] me name on the line, [Am] me father's words [D] couldn't be fine, he [G] said, you won't make a home, you won't make a [D]
home, [G] you won't make a [D]
home, [G] you'll see.
[Cm] [D]
I said, [G] you're good in your drums [Cm] and not [D] for the likes [G] of me, the likes of [D] me, [G] though if you cheated my girl bleaker than a bleaker can [C] be.
[D]
Because [G] you're taller than any of me, much to view, when all around it was a [D] job to do, [G] they said, you won't make a home, you won't make a home, you won't make a [D]
home, [G] you'll see.
[C] [D]
[G] [C] [D]
[G] People in power and position, I tell you beware, I tell you [D] beware, [G] of your thoughts and your figures, they tell you what, when and where.
[Cm] [D]
[G] Because you're fat and you're bigger [C] than the likes of me, [G] and don't try and tell me [D] how your life should [G] be, you won't make a home, you won't make a [D] [G] home, you won't make a home, you'll see.
[C] [D] [G] [C]
[D] [G] [C]
[G]
You can have all the riches of the [C] gold [G] kind, but without the riches [D] of your peace of [G] mind, you won't make a home, you won't make a home, you won't make a home, you'll see.
[C] [D] [G] The old man said, curse time, the serpent's hand, [D] time, the serpent's [G] hand, I said, curse [C] the [G] time upon my
[C] hands.
[D] [G] And then old Gregory goes [C] out to the sun and the sea, [G] the stone that he carries, he'll [D] explain to thee, [G] he says, you [C] won't make [G] a home, you won't make a home, [Cm] you won't [G] make a home, you'll see.
[C] [G] Now there are some folks, they [Cm] might remark [G] on me, furrows and frown, me furrows and [D] frown, [G] they say the only way is to [C] get up [G] when they put you
[C] down.
[D] [G] But everybody [C] gives the same advice, they [G] said, go and sign up [D] for a circus, you [G] won't make a home, [C] you won't [G] make a home, you won't make a home, you'll see.
So [C] I went to the army like everybody [G] told me to, they [C] said, we'd love to make a soldier [G] out of you.
But [C] before I put [G] me name on the line, [Am] me father's words [D] couldn't be fine, he [G] said, you won't make a home, you won't make a [D]
home, [G] you won't make a [D]
home, [G] you'll see.
[Cm] [D]
I said, [G] you're good in your drums [Cm] and not [D] for the likes [G] of me, the likes of [D] me, [G] though if you cheated my girl bleaker than a bleaker can [C] be.
[D]
Because [G] you're taller than any of me, much to view, when all around it was a [D] job to do, [G] they said, you won't make a home, you won't make a home, you won't make a [D]
home, [G] you'll see.
[C] [D]
[G] [C] [D]
[G] People in power and position, I tell you beware, I tell you [D] beware, [G] of your thoughts and your figures, they tell you what, when and where.
[Cm] [D]
[G] Because you're fat and you're bigger [C] than the likes of me, [G] and don't try and tell me [D] how your life should [G] be, you won't make a home, you won't make a [D] [G] home, you won't make a home, you'll see.
[C] [D] [G] [C]
[D] [G] [C]
[G]
Key:
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C
Cm
Am
G
D
C
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] When I was young, my father said to me, he said to [D] me, [G] he said, never take advice when it comes to faith.
_ _ You can have all the riches of the [C] gold [G] kind, but without the riches [D] of your peace of [G] mind, you won't make a home, _ _ you won't make a home, you won't make a home, you'll see.
[C] _ _ [D] _ [G] The old man said, curse time, the serpent's hand, _ [D] time, the serpent's _ [G] hand, I said, curse [C] the [G] time upon my _ _
_ [C] hands.
[D] _ [G] And then old Gregory goes [C] out to the sun and the sea, [G] the stone that he carries, he'll [D] explain to thee, [G] he says, you [C] won't make [G] a home, _ you won't make a home, _ _ [Cm] you won't [G] make a home, _ you'll see.
[C] _ _ [G] Now there are some folks, they [Cm] might remark [G] on me, furrows and frown, me furrows and [D] frown, [G] they say the only way is to [C] get up [G] when they put you _ _
_ [C] down.
[D] _ [G] But everybody [C] gives the same advice, they [G] said, go and sign up [D] for a circus, you [G] _ won't make a home, _ [C] you won't [G] make a _ home, you won't make a home, you'll see.
_ _ So [C] I went to the army like everybody [G] told me to, _ _ they [C] said, we'd love to make a soldier [G] out of you.
_ _ _ But [C] before I put [G] me name on the line, [Am] me father's words [D] couldn't be fine, he [G] said, you won't make a home, _ you won't make a [D]
home, [G] _ you won't make a [D]
home, [G] you'll _ see. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [D]
I said, [G] you're good in your drums [Cm] and not [D] for the likes [G] of me, the likes of [D] me, _ [G] though if you cheated my girl bleaker than a bleaker can _ _ [C] be.
[D]
Because [G] you're taller than any of me, much to view, when all around it was a [D] job to do, [G] they said, you won't make a home, _ you won't make a home, _ you won't make a [D]
home, [G] you'll see.
[C] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] People in power and position, I tell you beware, I tell you [D] beware, [G] of your thoughts and your figures, they tell you what, when and where.
_ [Cm] _ _ [D] _
[G] Because you're fat and you're bigger [C] than the likes of me, [G] and don't try and tell me [D] how your life should [G] be, you won't make a home, _ you won't make a [D] _ [G] home, you won't make a home, you'll see.
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ You can have all the riches of the [C] gold [G] kind, but without the riches [D] of your peace of [G] mind, you won't make a home, _ _ you won't make a home, you won't make a home, you'll see.
[C] _ _ [D] _ [G] The old man said, curse time, the serpent's hand, _ [D] time, the serpent's _ [G] hand, I said, curse [C] the [G] time upon my _ _
_ [C] hands.
[D] _ [G] And then old Gregory goes [C] out to the sun and the sea, [G] the stone that he carries, he'll [D] explain to thee, [G] he says, you [C] won't make [G] a home, _ you won't make a home, _ _ [Cm] you won't [G] make a home, _ you'll see.
[C] _ _ [G] Now there are some folks, they [Cm] might remark [G] on me, furrows and frown, me furrows and [D] frown, [G] they say the only way is to [C] get up [G] when they put you _ _
_ [C] down.
[D] _ [G] But everybody [C] gives the same advice, they [G] said, go and sign up [D] for a circus, you [G] _ won't make a home, _ [C] you won't [G] make a _ home, you won't make a home, you'll see.
_ _ So [C] I went to the army like everybody [G] told me to, _ _ they [C] said, we'd love to make a soldier [G] out of you.
_ _ _ But [C] before I put [G] me name on the line, [Am] me father's words [D] couldn't be fine, he [G] said, you won't make a home, _ you won't make a [D]
home, [G] _ you won't make a [D]
home, [G] you'll _ see. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [D]
I said, [G] you're good in your drums [Cm] and not [D] for the likes [G] of me, the likes of [D] me, _ [G] though if you cheated my girl bleaker than a bleaker can _ _ [C] be.
[D]
Because [G] you're taller than any of me, much to view, when all around it was a [D] job to do, [G] they said, you won't make a home, _ you won't make a home, _ you won't make a [D]
home, [G] you'll see.
[C] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] People in power and position, I tell you beware, I tell you [D] beware, [G] of your thoughts and your figures, they tell you what, when and where.
_ [Cm] _ _ [D] _
[G] Because you're fat and you're bigger [C] than the likes of me, [G] and don't try and tell me [D] how your life should [G] be, you won't make a home, _ you won't make a [D] _ [G] home, you won't make a home, you'll see.
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _