Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Time signature: 3/4
Intro:
| G6G6 | A13A13 | G6G6 | A13A13 |
| E minorEm | Em/DEm/D | A/C#A/C# | A augmentedA |
| D MajorD | Dmaj7Dmaj7 | D6D6 | Dmaj7Dmaj7 |
| D MajorD | Dmaj7Dmaj7 | D6D6 | Dmaj7Dmaj7 |
Verse 1:
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 D6D6 Dmaj7Dmaj7
The chisels are calling
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 D6D6 Dmaj7Dmaj7
It's time to make sawdust
D MajorD A/D# B minorBm | B minorBm | B minorBm |
Steely reminders of things left to do
|G+G | G+G | G6G6 | G6G6 | D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 D6D6 Dmaj7Dmaj7
Monteleone, a mandolin's waiting for you
Verse 2:
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 D6D6 Dmaj7Dmaj7
My fingerplane's working
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 D6D6 Dmaj7Dmaj7
Gentle persuasion
D MajorD A/D# B minorBm
I bend to the wood and I coax it to sing
G+G G6G6 D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 D6D6 Dmaj7Dmaj7
Monteleone, your new one and only will ring
G+G G6G6 D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 D6D6 Dmaj7Dmaj7
Monteleone, your new one and only will ring
Bridge:
E minorEm Em/D# Em/DEm/D A/C#A/C#
The rain on the window, the snow on the gravel
E minorEm Em/D# A/C#A/C# Cmaj7Cmaj7
The seasons go by to the songs in the wood
D MajorD A/C#A/C# G/BG/B D/AD/A
Too quick or too careless, it all could unravel
D MajorD A/C#A/C# A augmentedA B minorBm
It so easily could
Intrumental:
| G6G6 | G6G6 | A7A7 | A7A7 |
| G6G6 | G6G6 | A7A7 | A7A7 |
| E minorEm | D6D6 | A/C#A/C# | A7A7 |
| D MajorD | Dmaj7Dmaj7 | D6D6 | Dmaj7Dmaj7 |
| D MajorD | Dmaj7Dmaj7 | D6D6 | Dmaj7Dmaj7 |
Verse 3:
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 D6D6 Dmaj7Dmaj7
The chisels are calling
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 D6D6 Dmaj7Dmaj7
It's back for an encore
D MajorD A/D# B minorBm
Back to the shavings that cover the floor
G+G G6G6 D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 D6D6 Dmaj7Dmaj7
Monteleone, a call for more
G+G G6G6 D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 D6D6 Dmaj7Dmaj7
Monteleone, a call for more
Outro:
| G6G6 | G6G6 | A7A7 | A7A7 |
| G6G6 | G6G6 | A7A7 | A7A7 |
| E minorEm | D6D6 | A/C#A/C# | A7A7 |
| D MajorD | Dmaj7Dmaj7 | D6D6 | Dmaj7Dmaj7 |
| D MajorD | Dmaj7Dmaj7 | D6D6 | Dmaj7Dmaj7 |
| D/AD/A|