Chords with lyrics
Intro: C minorCm Bb majorBb Bb C minorCm 8x
Verse 1:
C minorCm Bb majorBb C minorCm
Truly they lie, they talk utter nonsense
Bb majorBb C minorCm
Who say that music reckon that the kantele
Bb majorBb
Was fashioned by a god
C minorCm
Out of a great pike's shoulders
Bb majorBb
From a water-dog's hooked bones
C minorCm
It was moulded from sorrow
Interlude: C minorCm Bb majorBb Bb C minorCm 2x
Chorus:
C minorCm Bb majorBb C minorCm
Its belly out of hard days
C minorCm Bb majorBb C minorCm
Its soundboard from endless woes
C minorCm Bb majorBb C minorCm
Its strings gathered from torments, and its pegs from other ills
C minorCm Bb majorBb C minorCm
Truly they lie, they talk utter nonsense
G minorGm DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC 4x
Interlude: C minorCm Bb majorBb Bb C minorCm 4x
Chorus:
C minorCm Bb majorBb C minorCm
Its belly out of hard days
C minorCm Bb majorBb C minorCm
Its soundboard from endless woes
C minorCm Bb majorBb C minorCm
Its strings gathered from torments, and its pegs from other ills
C minorCm Bb majorBb C minorCm
Truly they lie, they talk utter nonsense
G minorGm DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC 8x